Poa compressa

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Poa compressa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Poa compressa, Linn. Known in the trade as Canada Blue-grass (though it is probably not native to Canada) and English Blue-grass, but the latter name is often applied to Festuca pratensis. Distinguished from P. pratensis, which it resembles, by its blue-green foliage, distinctly flattened culms, and its short and much contracted panicles. Spreads by rhizomes. Native of Eu. and extensively naturalized in this country, being found in open and rather sterile soil. Dept. Agrie., Div. Agrost,, Bull. No. 17:248.— It is of little value as a pasture grass except possibly on sterile soil. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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