Taxon: Poa glauca Vahl

Summary

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

28949

Place of publication:

Fl. dan. 6(17):3, t. 964. 1790

Verified:

05/13/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

110 (105 active, 41 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Poa glauca Vahl subsp. glauca (2 active accession[s])
Poa glauca Vahl subsp. litvinoviana (Ovcz.) Tzvelev (1 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Poa balfourii Parn.
Poa caesia Sm.
Poa glauca Vahl var. glaucanthos (Gaudin) Lindm.
Poa glaucanthos Gaudin

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard.
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada.
1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	glaucantha bluegrass		1	1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
English	glaucous bluegrass	as Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha	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: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha
English	glaucous meadow grass		1	Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
English	upland bluegrass	as Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha	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: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha
German	blaugrünes Rispengras		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedish	blågröe		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan		s.e.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation-Far East	Far East		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran		n.e.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan		n.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part	n. & e.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Iceland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Svalbard and Jan Mayen			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador	n.w.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota	n.	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	n.w.	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan	n.	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington	e.	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	e.	Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada		Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah		Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Greenland
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska		Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.e.)
CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia], Russian Federation [Altay]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
CHINA: China [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan (n.)

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Poland
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (n. & e.)], Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland, United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Newfoundland and Labrador (n.w.), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan (n.), Vermont]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota (n.), Nebraska (n.w.), North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington (e.), Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (e.), Nevada, Utah]

Reference(s)

Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	erosion control	as Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28949. Accessed 23 April 2026.