Poa trivialis L. ssp. trivialis
Detail
- Family
- Poaceae
- Botanical Name
- Poa trivialis L. ssp. trivialis
- Common Name
- Rough Bluegrass
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Poa trivialis L.
- Comments
- This naturalized, shade-tolerant European species can be very invasive in natural habitats, particularly bottomlands. A weedy form with short, swollen internodes below ground has become a persistent and noxious plant in cultivated fields in the Coastal Plain. Soreng (in FNA24) reports that ssp. trivialis is the only subspecies in North America.
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, mesic upland forests (especially early-successional), moist to wet meadows, clearings, fields, and low roadsides. Common in the mountains and Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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