Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Poa > Poa alpinaPoa alpina (alpine bluegrass)Synonyms: Poa alpina atlantica; Poa alpina balcanica; Poa alpina bivonae; Poa alpina brevifolia; Poa alpina digitata; Poa alpina f. brevifolia (heterotypic); Poa alpina f. longifolia; Poa alpina f. vivipara (heterotypic); Poa alpina fallax; Poa alpina insularis; Poa alpina involucrata; Poa alpina stefanovii; Poa alpina stenobotrya; Poa alpina subalpina; Poa alpina var. arnautica; Poa alpina var. atlantica; Poa alpina var. bivonae; Poa alpina var. brevifolia (heterotypic); Poa alpina var. buxicola; Poa alpina var. digitata; Poa alpina var. divaricata; Poa alpina var. divericata; Poa alpina var. flavescens (homotypic); Poa alpina var. frigida; Poa alpina var. glomerata; Poa alpina var. intermedia; Poa alpina var. involucrata; Poa alpina var. lapponum; Poa alpina var. macedonica; Poa alpina var. minor; Poa alpina var. nana; Poa alpina var. nodosa; Poa alpina var. obtusata; Poa alpina var. parva; Poa alpina var. rupicaprina; Poa alpina var. rupicarpina; Poa alpina var. stricta; Poa alpina var. subalpina; Poa alpina var. vivipara; Poa alpina vivipara; Poa anceps (pro parte); Poa angustifolia nymanii; Poa annua var. glomerata; Poa appennia (homotypic); Poa appennina; Poa athroostachya anceps; Poa attenuata (heterotypic); Poa badensis insularis; Poa bivonae; Poa blepharachne; Poa borisii; Poa brevifolia (heterotypic); Poa brizoides (heterotypic); Poa bulbosa var. alpina; Poa capillifolia (homotypic); Poa cilianensis (heterotypic); Poa compressiformis; Poa discolor (homotypic); Poa divaricata (heterotypic); Poa djurdjurae; Poa djurjurae; Poa elbrussica; Poa elbussica; Poa fertilis var. capillifolia (homotypic); Poa flavescens (heterotypic); Poa frigida; Poa hosteana; Poa insularis; Poa intermedia (heterotypic); Poa laxa var. flavescens (heterotypic); Poa macedonica; Poa macedonica uharov; Poa macedonica var. achtarovii; Poa macedonica var. nana; Poa macedonica var. pseudovivipara; Poa macedonica var. tenuifolia; Poa nuriensis; Poa olympica; Poa parnassica; Poa pratensis anceps; Poa pratensis angustifolia; Poa pratensis f. angustifolia; Poa pratensis f. capillifolia; Poa pratensis f. elata; Poa pratensis f. glauca; Poa pratensis f. glaucescens; Poa pratensis f. latisquamea; Poa pratensis f. longiligulata; Poa pratensis mucronata; Poa pratensis nymanii; Poa pratensis ratezatensis; Poa pratensis var. alpestris; Poa pratensis var. alpina; Poa pratensis var. brizoides; Poa pratensis var. capillifolia; Poa pratensis var. colorata (homotypic); Poa pratensis var. convolutifolia; Poa pratensis var. corcontica; Poa pratensis var. eragrostiformis; Poa pratensis var. flavescens; Poa pratensis var. hirtula; Poa pratensis var. juncifolia; Poa pratensis var. latifolia; Poa pratensis var. mucronata; Poa pratensis var. nobilis; Poa pratensis var. nymanii; Poa pratensis var. pilifera; Poa pratensis var. praesignis; Poa pratensis var. scabra; Poa pratensis var. setacea; Poa pratensis var. subglobosa; Poa sabauda (heterotypic); Poa scheuchzeri (heterotypic); Poa serpens; Poa stolonifera (heterotypic); Poa stricta (heterotypic); Poa subalpina; Poa subcaerulea anceps; Poa violascens; Poa vivipara (heterotypic); Uralepis mutica; Uralepsis mutica Poa alpina, commonly known as alpine meadow-grass or alpine bluegrass, is a species of meadow grass. It is noted for being viviparous: Its seeds are evolved to germinate while still connected to the parent plant, in order to give them a safe head start. The second track on Norwegian ambient musician Biosphere's album Substrata is called Poa Alpina. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Height [2] | 16 inches (.4 m) | | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Structure [4] | Grass | | | Light Preference [3] | Mostly Sunny | | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [3] | Mostly Infertile | | Soil Moisture [3] | Moist |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aniakchak National Monument National Preserve |
Ib |
458519 |
Alaska, United States |
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Auyuittuq National Park |
II |
4808115 |
Nunavut, Canada |
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Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Bassegi Zapovednik |
Ia |
93739 |
Perm, Russia |
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Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berchtesgaden Alps National Park |
II |
51433 |
Germany |
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve |
Ib |
2823882 |
Alaska, United States |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Crater Lake National Park |
II |
180091 |
Oregon, United States |
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Denali Biosphere Reserve |
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1932364 |
Alaska, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fraser Biosphere Reserve |
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23050 |
Colorado, United States |
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Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Ib |
184461 |
Alaska, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
591068 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier National Park |
II |
953799 |
Montana, United States |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Ivvavik National Park |
II |
2382752 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Katunsky Biosphere Reserve |
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393162 |
Altai, Russia |
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Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
692723 |
Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Kootenay National Park |
II |
341762 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Kostivere |
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239 |
Estonia |
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Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
386679 |
Alaska, United States |
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Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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757114 |
Russia |
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |
II |
20461 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Mt. Field National Park |
II |
39289 |
Tasmania, Australia |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Noatak Biosphere Reserve |
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7500143 |
Alaska, United States |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
964620 |
Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik |
Ia |
798640 |
Tuva, Russia |
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Vuntut National Park |
II |
1076795 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6National Geographic Magazine - May 2016 - Yellowstone - The Carnivore Comeback ♦ 7Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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