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Poa bigelovii is a species of grass known by the common name Bigelow's bluegrass. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in shady spots in desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual bunchgrass growing in small clumps up to 40 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow, compact, cylindrical series of hairy spikelets. The spikelets sometimes have a curly tuft of hairs or cobwebby fibers near their bases.

Plant type

Grass

Size

1 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 12 likely

Confirmed Likely

Green Cutworm Moth

Anicla infecta

Sachem

Atalopedes campestris

Small Wood-Nymph

Cercyonis oetus

Great Basin Wood-Nymph

Cercyonis sthenele