Taxon: Poa secunda J. Presl

Summary

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

29004

Place of publication:

K. B. Presl, Reliq. haenk. 1:271. 1830

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390910

Verified:

05/13/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

304 (293 active, 250 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng var. ampla (Merr.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng var. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng var. nevadensis (Vasey ex Scribn.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. secunda (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. secunda var. gracillima (Vasey) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. secunda var. scabrella (Thurb.) Soreng (0 active accession[s])
Poa secunda J. Presl subsp. secunda var. secunda (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Poa juncifolia
Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
Englert, J. M. et al. 2001. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Marsh, V. L. 1952. A taxonomic revision of the genus Poa of the United States and southern Canada. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 47:241.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:854. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Poa sandbergii
International Seed Testing Association wild species list

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	alkali bluegrass	as Poa juncifolia	1	Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Poa juncifolia
English	big bluegrass		1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
English	Nevada bluegrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Sandberg bluegrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wild bluegrass	as Poa sandbergii	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Poa sandbergii

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario	rare	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec	e.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	n.w.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota	w.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan	Isle Royale	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California (Norte)		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:854. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah		Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon	s.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska	s.e.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta		Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan	s.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chubut		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Neuquén		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Cruz		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile		c.	Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.

Native
Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon (s.)], United States [Alaska (s.e.)]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (e.), Ontario (rare)]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan (Isle Royale)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (n.w.), North Dakota, South Dakota (w.)]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz], Chile (c.)

Reference(s)

Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Soreng, R. J. & L. J. Gillespie. 2018. Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA. PhytoKeys 110:101-121. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:854. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Animal food	forage	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Animal food	forage	Englert, J. M. et al. 2001. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Environmental	erosion control	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmental	revegetator	Englert, J. M. et al. 2001. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Environmental	wildlife habitat	Englert, J. M. et al. 2001. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=29004. Accessed 8 November 2026.