Details for: PI 387931, Poa secunda J. Presl, 'SERVICE'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa secunda J. Presl

Cultivar:

'SERVICE'

Origin:

Collected – Canada

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 Apr 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

182
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 387931 2007i SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Poa secunda J. Presl

Cultivar:

'SERVICE'

Origin:

Collected – Canada

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 Apr 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

1973.
Canada
Locality: Mile 945 Alaska Highway east of Whitehorse, Yukon

Collector(s):

Pringle, William

Donated

01 April 1974.
Ontario, Canada
Comment: Seed collected in 1973 by W.L. Pringle, Research Station, Beaverlodge, Alberta
Donor(s):

Agriculture Canada

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SERVICE'

Type: Cultivar name

271

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Erect perennial bunch grass. Grows 18-24 inches tall. Blue coloration, more so than Sherman. Very stemmy, few leaves. Seed heads mature to straw color. Consistently surpassed Sherman in vigor and hardiness. Performs best on dry, 10 reclamation and habitat enhancement.

Poa secunda J. Presl

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

29004

Place of publication:

K. B. Presl, Reliq. haenk. 1:271. 1830

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390910

Verified:

05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. secunda (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Glyceria canbyi Scribn.
Poa ampla Merr.
Poa canbyi (Scribn.) Howell
Poa nevadensis Vasey ex Scribn.
Poa sandbergii Vasey
Poa scabrella (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	alkali bluegrass	as Poa juncifolia	1	Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Poa juncifolia
English	big bluegrass		1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
English	Nevada bluegrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Sandberg bluegrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wild bluegrass	as Poa sandbergii	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Poa sandbergii

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 13 May 1992, from Poa ampla Merr. to Poa secunda J. Presl

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.083	GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 387931 2007i SD
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	flower	GRASS.IMAGE.2008.WRPIS	PI 387931 74o SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	vegetative	GRASS.IMAGE.2008.WRPIS	PI 387931 74o SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture2	A picture or image	flower	GRASS.IMAGE.2008.WRPIS	PI 387931 74o SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture2	A picture or image	vegetative	GRASS.IMAGE.2008.WRPIS	PI 387931 74o SD	Not Available