Poa compressa

Canadian bluegrass

  • Height:   1 ft - 3 ft
  • Life Cycle:   perennial
  • Growth Type:   grass
  • Inflorescence Size:   medium, 1 - 2 in to large, >2 in
  • Flower Type:   grass spikelet
  • Bloom Type:   cool (grasses)
  • Native to California:   NO
  • California Range:   coast - inland
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Taxon report data from Calflora

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Poa compressa

Common Name:Canada blue grass

Poa compressa, a angiosperm, is a perennial grass that is non-native to California.

US Distribution:introduced
Plant Community(s):Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities,
Habitat:meadows
Family:Poaceae

Name Status:

Recognized as current in TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

County distribution list:

Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Mono, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, San Mateo, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in Calfornia.

Links: USDA Plants Profile | Jepson Herbarium

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Bloom Months
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