Poa arctica
Poa arctica | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Poa |
Species: | P. arctica |
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Poa arctica |
Poa arctica, the Arctic bluegrass or Arctic meadow grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, with a subarctic circumpolar distribution, extending into the Rockies.[1][2] Often a dominant species in the tundra, it responds positively to disturbance.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Poa arctica R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2021). "Poa arctica R.Br". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Hollister, Robert D.; May, Jeremy L.; Kremers, Kelseyann S.; Tweedie, Craig E.; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Liebig, Jennifer A.; Botting, Timothy F.; Barrett, Robert T.; Gregory, Jessica L. (2015). "Warming experiments elucidate the drivers of observed directional changes in tundra vegetation". Ecology and Evolution. 5 (9): 1881–1895. Bibcode:2015EcoEv...5.1881H. doi:10.1002/ece3.1499. PMC 4485969. PMID 26140204.