Poa nemoralis L., 1753 45% complete

Wood bluegrass

Sp. pl. 1:69. 1753


Data sources

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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. pl. 1:69. 1753 No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Wood bluegrass No source recorded
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Observations Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere, NW. Africa No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 47 cm
  • 47 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 55 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 50, 86, 116, 161, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 194 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 220, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Rhizomatous No source recorded
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Growth habit Graminoid No source recorded
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Growth rate Moderate No source recorded
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Maximum height 75 cm
  • 75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 50, 86, 116, 161, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun, aug Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 131 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 164, 175, 178, 365, 432, 460, 818, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 65 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record