Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Poa > Poa secundaPoa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass; Sandberg's bluegrass; big bluegrass)Synonyms: Poa scabrella; Poa tenuifolia (homotypic); Sclerochloa californica Poa secunda (variously known by the common names of Sandberg bluegrass, alkali bluegrass, big bluegrass, Canby's bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass, one-sided bluegrass, Pacific bluegrass, pine blugrass, slender bluegrass, wild bluegrass, and curly bluegrass.) is a widespread species of grass native to North and South America. It is highly resistant to drought conditions, and provides excellent fodder; and has also been used in controlling soil erosion, and as revegetator, often after forest fires. Cultivars include 'Canbar', 'Service', 'Sherman', and 'Supernova'. Historically, indigenous Americans, such as the Gosiute of Utah, have used P. secunda for food. It was originally described botanically in 1830 by Jan Svatopluk Presl, from a holotype collected from Chile by Thaddäus Haenke in 1790. |
Allergen Potential [1] | High | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Grass |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Badlands National Park |
II |
178535 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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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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Cedar Breaks National Monument |
III |
6111 |
Utah, United States |
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Central Plains Biosphere Reserve |
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15345 |
United States |
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Crater Lake National Park |
II |
180091 |
Oregon, United States |
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Craters of the Moon National Monument |
V |
690996 |
Idaho, United States |
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Death Valley National Park |
II |
762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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Desert Biosphere Reserve |
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68236 |
Utah, United States |
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Devils Tower National Monument |
V |
1361 |
Wyoming, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fort Union Trading Post National Hist. Site National Historic Site |
III |
24 |
Montana, United States |
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Fraser Biosphere Reserve |
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23050 |
Colorado, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Grasslands National Park |
II |
128635 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve |
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15815 |
Oregon, United States |
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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument |
V |
4349 |
Idaho, United States |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument |
III |
8594 |
Oregon, United States |
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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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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument |
V |
755 |
Montana, United States |
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Mount Revelstoke National Park |
Ia |
18 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahuel Huapi National Park |
II |
759703 |
Argentina |
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Natural Bridges National Monument |
III |
7412 |
Utah, United States |
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Nez Perce National Historical Park |
V |
2076 |
Idaho, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Olympic Biosphere Reserve |
II |
922805 |
Washington, United States |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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Scotts Bluff National Monument |
V |
3185 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Shortgrass Steppe LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Colorado, United States |
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Wind Cave National Park |
II |
29471 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Wood Buffalo National Park |
II |
11038545 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Zion National Park |
II |
135667 |
Utah, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4National Geographic Magazine - May 2016 - Yellowstone - The Carnivore Comeback ♦ 5Jorrit 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. ♦ 6Ben-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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