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§1 Plant

Poa secunda J. Presl

vernacular Sandberg bluegrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
POSE
GBIF
2704276
Rank
species
Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda)
Platephotograph · LM Cunningham source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Poa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 318 counties across 18 states/territories
Legend Native · 318 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-36 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
8–16 in/yr
pH range
6–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
1.4 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,046,960
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 318 counties across 18 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
California view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 40 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 33 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/POSE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704276 ↗

Record version

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