Characteristics
Angiosperms (Monocots)
Poa trivialis L.
Rough Bluegrass
Herb
Perennial
Vascular
A native of Europe firmly naturalized in North America.
First collected in Alabama from DeKalb County in 2008. A misidentification of that record prevented the taxon from being included in the CHECKLIST (Kral et al 2011).
Not Native
Kral, R., A.R. Diamond, Jr., S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, R.R. Haynes, B.R. Keener, M.G. Lelong, D.D. Spaulding, & M. Woods. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida, Bot. Misc. 36. BRIT Press, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358086>Poa trivialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 67. 1753.</a>
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<a href=http://linnean-online.org/1387/>Without data, Hudson 16 (neotype: LINN 87.9). Neotypified by Soreng in Cafferty, Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 49(2): 256. 2000.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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