Poa chaixii
Broad Leaved Meadow Grass, Broadleaf Bluegrass
Other regional names: Chaix's Bluegrass
- Chaix's Bluegrass
Also known as: Cynodon sudeticus (Haenke) Raspail +14 more
- Cynodon sudeticus (Haenke) Raspail
- Poa chaixii f. flavescens Ausserd.
- Poa chaixii var. atrata (Pers.) B.Fedtsch.
- Poa chaixii var. glabra Wein
- Poa chaixii var. purpurascens Hausskn.
- Poa chaixii var. rubens (DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa chaixii var. rubens (DC.) P.Fourn.
- Poa chaixii var. straminea Wein
- Poa chaixii var. virginea Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa commutata Roem. & Schult.
- Poa haemii F.Herm.
- Poa quadripedalis Ehrenb. ex Koeler
- Poa quadripedalis Ehrenb. ex Köhlerer
- Poa remota subsp. chaixii (Vill.) E.G.Almq.
- Poa sudetica Haenke
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Poa chaixii (commonly known as Broad-Leaved Meadow-Grass or Broadleaf bluegrass) is a grass belonging to the Poaceae family. It naturally occurs in Temperate Asia and Europe. It belongs to the highly diverse genus Poa, which contains over 600 distinct species.
Macro Climate
Unspecified
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Western Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Baltic States, Central European Russia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Minnesota, Netherlands, New York, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ontario, Québec, Sweden