Poa fernaldiana Nannf.

Species

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Characteristics

Tufted, 1–2.5 dm, without rhizomes, leafy chiefly below the middle; lvs soft, 1–2 mm wide; ligule 2.5–3.5 mm; infl loose and few-fld, the branches usually paired, spreading or ascending, bearing usually a single spikelet; spikelets 4–6 mm, 2–4-fld; glumes lanceolate, tapering to the tip, 3-veined, the first 2.6–4.2 mm, the second 2.8–3.4 mm; lemmas 2.8–4.3 mm, obtuse, obscurely 5-veined, the keel and marginal veins stronger than the intermediate ones and densely sericeous below the middle, not webbed, or only scantily so; anthers 0.7–0.9 mm; 2n=42. Summits of higher mts.; Nf. and e. Que. to Mt. Marcy, N.Y.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Poa fernaldiana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:204219-2
WFO ID wfo-0000892294
COL ID 6VRCP
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Synonyms

Poa fernaldiana Poa laxa subsp. fernaldiana