Poa trivialis

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Poa trivialis L.
Common Name:Rough Bluegrass
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:A native of Europe firmly naturalized in North America.
Taxonomic Notes: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).
Status:Not Native
References: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.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Poa
Species Poa trivialis L. - Rough Bluegrass

Citation

Citation Poa trivialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 67. 1753.
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Type: Without data, Hudson 16 (neotype: LINN 87.9). Neotypified by Soreng in Cafferty, Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 49(2): 256. 2000.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Cleburne, DeKalb

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0002262 DeKalb 18 May 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12886		 UWAL
Poa trivialis L.
ALNHS00006389 DeKalb 06 May 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4431		 ALNHS
Poa trivialis L.
TROY000044487 DeKalb 18 May 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12886		 TROY
Poa trivialis Linnaeus
UWAL0034428 Cleburne 23 Apr 1990 Kral, Robert
77366		 UWAL
Poa trivialis L.
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