Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Poaceae/Poacées - Grass Family
Poa arctica R.Br. subsp. arctica
En: arctic bluegrass
Fr: pâturin arctique
IU: ivitsukak
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Arctic-alpine circumpolar; S thr. Lab. to nwNfld.

[=Poa arctica R.Br. subsp. longiculmis Hultén]
[=Poa arctica R.Br. subsp. williamsii (Nash) Hultén]
[=Poa cenisia All. var. arctica (R.Br.) Richt.]
[=Poa flexuosa Wahlenb. 1896, nom. illeg. hom., non Sm. 1800]
[=Poa longipila Nash]
[=Poa stricta Lindeb. 1856, nom. illeg. hom., non Roth 1817]
[=Poa williamsii Nash]

[Known from limestone barrens and wet quartzite sites in nwNfld., Poa arctica was classified as historically present (SH) in Bouchard et al. (1991); it was relocated at L'Anse aux Meadows in 1992 by Bouchard, Hay, & Brouillet (MT).]

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