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Poa glauca is a species of grass known by the common names glaucous bluegrass, glaucous meadow-grass and white bluegrass. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is also known from Patagonia. It is a common grass, occurring in Arctic and alpine climates and other areas. It can be found throughout the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in many types of habitat, including disturbed and barren areas. This is a perennial bunchgrass growing small, dense clumps of waxy leaves and stems up to about 80 centimeters in maximum height, but often remaining dwarfed, no more than 10 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is variable in appearance, growing into a short or long arrangement of thin branches bearing spikelets.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 - 3 ft Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Moderate

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Color

Purple

Flowering season

Summer

Soil description

Prefers sandy soils.

Plant communities

Alpine Fell-Fields

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 13 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes vialis

Sachem

Atalopedes campestris

Small Wood-Nymph

Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood Nymph

Cercyonis pegala