Poa secunda

Poa secunda (variously known by the common names of Sandberg bluegrass,^[2][3][4]alkali bluegrass,^[4]big bluegrass,^[4]Canby's bluegrass,^[2]Nevada bluegrass,^[4]one-sided bluegrass,^[3]Pacific bluegrass,^[2]pine bluegrass,^[2]slender bluegrass,^[2]wild bluegrass,^[4] and curly bluegrass^[1]) is a widespread species of perennial bunchgrass native to North and South America.^[4] It is highly resistant to drought conditions, and provides excellent fodder;^[3] and has also been used in controlling soil erosion,^[4] and as revegetator,^[4] often after forest fires.^[6]Cultivars include 'Canbar', 'Service', 'Sherman', and 'Supernova'.^[7] Historically, indigenous Americans, such as the Gosiute of Utah, have used P. secunda for food.^[8] It was originally described botanically in 1830 by Jan Svatopluk Presl, from a holotype collected from Chile by Thaddäus Haenke in 1790.^[2]

• In North America, Poa secunda is native to Canada (in Alberta; British Columbia; eastern Quebec; southern Saskatchewan; southern Yukon Territory; and, rarely, in Ontario), the U.S. (in southeastern Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; the Dakotas; Idaho; Isle Royale in Michigan; Montana; northwestern Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington; and Wyoming), and northwestern Mexico.^[4]
• In South America, it is native to Argentina (found in Chubut; Neuquén; and Santa Cruz), and central Chile.^[4]

• Taxon report from Calflora
• Photo gallery from CalPhotos database
• Jepson Manual Treatment from the University of California
• Fire Effects Information Service information from the U.S. Forest Service
• Original description published in 1830, in Latin from the Biodiversity Heritage Library