Poaceae

Fowl bluegrass

Poa palustris L.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Poa

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Fowl bluegrass: de:Sumpf-Rispengras — Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:54, 16 September 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (24)

Arabic: قليب
arz: بوا بالوستريس
Belarusian: Метлюжок балотны
Bulgarian: Мочурна ливадина
Catalan: Pâturin des marais
Chinese: 泽地早熟禾
Czech: Lipnice bahenní
Dutch: Moerasbeemdgras
English: Fowl bluegrass
Estonian: Soonurmikas
Finnish: Rantanurmikka
French: Pâturin des marais
German: Sumpf-Rispengras, Pâturin des marais
hsb: Wódna lipnica
Italian: Fienarola delle paludi, Fienarola palustre
Lithuanian: Pelkinė miglė, Pâturin des marais
Norwegian Bokmål: Myrrapp
Persian: چمن باتلاقی
Polish: Wiechlina błotna
Romanian: Firuță de baltă
Spanish: Pasto azul
Swedish: Sengröe, Pâturin des marais
Ukrainian: Тонконіг болотний
Welsh: Gweunwellt y gors

Synonyms

Paneion triflorum Lunell
Poa abietina Schur
Poa adspersa Drejer
Poa angustifolia Wahlenb.
Poa angustifolia var. effusa Rchb.
Poa angustifolia var. fertilis (Host) Rchb.
Poa crocata Michx.
Poa depauperata Kit. ex Spreng.
Poa distans Schultz
Poa effusa Kit. ex Schult.
Poa ehrhartiana E.Mey.
Poa elegans Haller f. ex Steud.
Poa fertilis Host
Poa fertilis f. coarctata Peterm.
Poa fertilis f. pauciflora Peterm.
Poa fertilis f. turfosa Peterm.
Poa fertilis subsp. exigua Dumort.
Poa fertilis var. exigua Dumort.
Poa fertilis var. glabra Döll
Poa fertilis var. major Peterm.
Poa fertilis var. palustris Peterm.
Poa fertilis var. pauciflora Peterm.
Poa fertilis var. scabriuscula Döll
Poa fertilis var. turfosa Peterm.
Poa glauca var. crocata (Michx.) M.E.Jones
Poa hydrophila Pers.
Poa hydrophyla Thuill. ex Steud.
Poa jamalinensis Prob.
Poa janczewskii Zapał.
Poa kamtschatica Fisch. ex Roshev.
Poa kitaibelii Kunth
Poa laevis Borbás
Poa miliacea Kit. ex Schult.
Poa nemoralis subsp. kitaibelii K.Richt.
Poa nemoralis var. fertilis (Host) Wimm.
Poa palustris f. coarctata (Peterm.) Soó
Poa palustris f. pauciflora (Peterm.) Soó
Poa palustris f. turfosa (Peterm.) Soó
Poa palustris subsp. palustris
Poa palustris subsp. volhynensis (Klokov) Tzvelev

and 23 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:54, 16 September 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: blazej.nowak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Baransky, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Konstantin Grandl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Udo Herkommer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.