Details for: PI 578850, Poa secunda J. Presl, 'SHERMAN'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa secunda J. Presl

Cultivar:

'SHERMAN'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 578850 95o 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:

'SHERMAN'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1961.
Washington, United States

Developer(s):

Schwendiman, John L., USDA-SCS

Donated

1961.
Washington, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, SCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SHERMAN'

Type: Cultivar name

CN 33566

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CN

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Agriculture Canada, Research Branch

PGR 5221

Type: Institute identifier

Group: PGR

Plant Gene Resources of Canada

Plant Gene Resource of Canada

NO 6

Type: Other or unclassified name

USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative

Leafy, long-lived apomictic, perennial bunchgrass with long, flat leaves and broad, flat ligules. Panicles erect with abundant seed. Seeds shatter easily. Early spring growth. Chromosome number 63. Adapted to native ranges of Pacific Northwest and Great Basin States on well-drained soil, elevations 91-2400 m, and 25-50 cm average annual rainfall. Used for range, hay and forage conservation.

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	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.07		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 578850 95o SD