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Poaceae

Alaska bluegrass

Poa paucispicula Scribn. & Merr.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa

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Alaska bluegrass (Poa paucispicula)
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
寡穗早熟禾
English
Alaska bluegrass

Synonyms

  • Poa glacialis Scribn. & Merr.
  • Poa leptocoma subsp. paucispicula (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
  • Poa leptocoma var. paucispicula (Scribn. & Merr.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Poa merrillana Hitchc.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.