Poa paludigena Fernald & Wiegand
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Culms slender and weak, 2–6 dm, without rhizomes; sheaths scaberulous; lvs to 10 cm, 1–2 mm wide; ligule truncate, to 1(–1.5) mm; infl lax, 5–15 cm, the slender branches paired, bearing a few spikelets above the middle; spikelets 3.5–4.5 mm, 2–5- fld; glumes lanceolate, scarious-margined, the first 1.7–2.2 mm, the second 2–2.8 mm; lemmas 2.5–3.3 mm, short-villous on the keel and marginal veins, glabrous on the obscure intermediate veins, webbed at base; anthers 0.5–0.7 mm. Bogs and wet woods; N.Y. and Pa. to Wis., Ill., and e. Minn.; rarely collected.
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Common Names
marsh-bluegrass