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Internal ID UUID64403224cb798092651246
Scientific name Poa compressa
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 69 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Paneion compressum Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 222 (1915)
Poa anceps C.Presl Cyper. Gramin. Sicul. : 43 (1820)
Poa compressa f. depauperata Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia : 472 (1892)
Poa compressa subsp. langeana (Rchb.) Rouy Fl. France 14: 278 1913
Poa compressa var. depauperata Mutel Fl. Franç. 4: 81 1837
Poa compressa var. expansa N.Böhling & H.Scholz Carolinea 55: 7 (1997)
Poa compressa var. langeana (Rchb.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. ed. 2: 932 1844
Poa compressa var. polynoda (Parn.) Syme Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 11: 126. 1873
Poa compressa var. sylvestris Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 110 (1823)
Poa fertilis Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 83 (1838)
Poa langeana Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 140(4) (1831)
Poa leptostachya D.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 299 (1821)
Poa muralis Wibel Prim. Fl. Werth. : 114 (1799)
Poa pallens Poir. Encycl. 5: 91 (1804)
Poa planicularis Weber Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 92. 1791
Poa planiculmis Weber Suppl. Fl. Holsat. : 3 (1787)
Poa polynoda Parn. Grass. Scotland : 84 (1842)
Poa polynoda var. denticulata Parn. Grass. Britain 208. 1845
Poa subcompressa Parn. Grass. Britain : 84 (1845)
Poa thurmanniana Friche-Joset & Montandon Syn. Fl. Jura 370. 1856
Poa compressa subsp. langeana (Rchb.) Nyman
Poa compressa var. polynoda (Parnell) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 421 1900
Poa compressa subsp. langiana (Rchb.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. : 786 (1882)
Poa compressa var. arenosa Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 770 (1866)
Poa compressa var. major K.Koch Linnaea 21: 402 (1848)
Poa compressa var. virescens d'Urv. Fl. Iles Malouin. 30. 1825
Poa compressa var. muralis (Wibel) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort. : 637 (1840)
Poa compressa var. diffusa Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. : 67 (1850)
Poa compressa var. erecta Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 106 (1821 publ. 1822)
Poa compressa var. pauciflora Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 13: 280 (1900)
Poa compressa var. collina Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 770 (1866)
Poa compressa var. subcompressa (Parn.) J.Woods Tourist's Fl. : 409 (1850)
Poa compressa var. contracta Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. : 67 (1850)
Poa compressa var. effusa Ducommun Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. : 869 (1869)
Poa compressa var. multiflora Döll Rhein. Fl. : 89 (1843)
Poa compressa var. umbrosa Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich : 82 (1890)
Poa compressa var. pauper K.Koch Linnaea 21: 402 (1848)

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Language Common/alternative name
English canada bluegrass
Belarusian Метлюжок сплюшчаны
Bulgarian сплескана ливадина
Czech lipnice smáčknutá
Welsh gweunwellt cywasgedig
German flaches rispengras
German zusammengedrücktes rispengras
German platthalm-rispengras
Estonian lapik nurmikas
Persian علف چمن
Finnish litteänurmikka
French pâturin comprimé
French pâturin à tiges aplaties
French pâturin du canada
Upper Sorbian sucha lipnica
Upper Sorbian rozlatk
Norwegian Bokmål flatrapp
Dutch plat beemdgras
Polish wiechlina spłaszczona
Russian Мятлик сплюснутый
Swedish berggro
Swedish berggröe
Turkish yassı salkım otu
Ukrainian Тонконіг стиснутий
Chinese 拿大早熟禾
Chinese 扁桿早熟禾
Chinese 加拿大早熟禾

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Lesotho
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Qinghai
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
    • Western South America
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000892001
UNII TKQ8H68A7N
Flora of Alabama 5003
Canadensys 7856
USDA Plants POCO
Tropicos 25509885
INPN 114160
Flora of Italy 7185
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:204172-2
The Plant List kew-435622
Open Tree Of Life 923690
NCBI Taxonomy 269373
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002553
Nature Serve 2.144119
IPNI 204172-2
iNaturalist 78636
GBIF 2704265
Freebase /m/07kg4l0
WisFlora 4542
FEIS plants/graminoid/poacom
EPPO POACO
EOL 1114579
Elurikkus 6400
Calflora (Californian flora) 6663
USDA GRIN 28934
Wikipedia Poa_compressa
Plantarium 28817

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Effect of plant edges strips on the conservation soil properties in modern farming field Šarūnaitė L, Arlauskienė A, Jablonskytė-Raščė D PLoS One 16-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11020931
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299104
PMID:38625970
Intraspecific Variability in Trionymus aberrans Goux, 1938 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) with Description of the Second-Instar Nymph Kalandyk-Kołodziejczyk M, Walczak M, Podsiadło E, Franielczyk-Pietyra B, Brożek J Insects 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10744154
doi:10.3390/insects14120945
PMID:38132617
In search of lost ergots: phylogenetic re-evaluation of Claviceps species in Japan and their biogeographic patterns revealed Tanaka E, Tanada K, Hosoe T, Shrestha B, Kolařík M, Liu M Stud Mycol 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10825747
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.01
PMID:38298573
Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111
Novel Hyperspectral Analysis of Thin-Layer Chromatographic Plates—An Application to Fingerprinting of 70 Polish Grasses Wróbel-Szkolak J, Cwener A, Komsta Ł Molecules 26-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10179984
doi:10.3390/molecules28093745
PMID:37175155
Winner and losers: examining biotic interactions in forbs and grasses in response to changes in water and temperature in a semi-arid grassland Akin-Fajiye M, Ploughe LW, Greenall A, Fraser LH AoB Plants 24-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10184435
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad017
PMID:37197710
Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns Coldea G, Gafta D, Negrean G, Stoica AI, Hurdu BI Bot Stud 12-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9556682
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8
PMID:36222902
Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change Caven AJ, Wiese JD Heliyon 03-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9192816
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:35711997
Image-Based Automated Recognition of 31 Poaceae Species: The Most Relevant Perspectives Rzanny M, Wittich HC, Mäder P, Deggelmann A, Boho D, Wäldchen J Front Plant Sci 26-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8826579
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.804140
PMID:35154194
Are Grasses Really Useful for the Phytoremediation of Potentially Toxic Trace Elements? A Review Rabêlo FH, Vangronsveld J, Baker AJ, van der Ent A, Alleoni LR Front Plant Sci 24-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8670575
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.778275
PMID:34917111
An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti) Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L PhytoKeys 31-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8390790
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:34475797
Taxonomic revision of Blumeria based on multi-gene DNA sequences, host preferences and morphology Liu M, Braun U, Takamatsu S, Hambleton S, Shoukouhi P, Bisson KR, Hubbard K Mycoscience 20-May-2021
PMCID:PMC9157761
doi:10.47371/mycosci.2020.12.003
PMID:37091321
Is the Age of Novel Ecosystem the Factor Driving Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization in Poa compressa and Calamagrostis epigejos? Woźniak G, Chmura D, Małkowski E, Zieleźnik-Rusinowska P, Sitko K, Ziemer B, Błońska A Plants (Basel) 10-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8151521
doi:10.3390/plants10050949
PMID:34068665
The role of plants and soil properties in the enzyme activities of substrates on hard coal mine spoil heaps Kompała-Bąba A, Bierza W, Sierka E, Błońska A, Besenyei L, Woźniak G Sci Rep 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7970842
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-84673-0
PMID:33664356
Climate change and primary production: Forty years in a bunchgrass prairie Belovsky GE, Slade JB PLoS One 23-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7757809
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243496
PMID:33362217

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