Poaceae
Northern bluegrass
Poa stenantha
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Northern bluegrass
Synonyms
- Glyceria stenantha var. vivipara L.M.Turner
- Poa chorizantha E.Desv.
- Poa chorizanthe É.Desv.
- Poa englishii H.St.John
- Poa flavicans Ledeb.
- Poa macroclada Rydb.
- Poa melicoides Fisch. ex Regel
- Poa stenantha var. stenantha
- Poa stenantha var. vivipara (Turner) Cooley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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 
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.