EPPO Global Database

Poa pratensis(POAPR)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-02

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POAPR
  • Preferred name: Poa pratensis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, Indochina (Myanmar), China, Korea, Mongolia, North America (throughout). Introduced in Japan, South Africa, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Ecuador southwards to Southern Brazil), Australia (Western, South, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania), New Zealand.


Common names
Name Language
birdgrass English
June grass English
Kentucky bluegrass English (US)
meadowgrass English
smooth meadowgrass English (GB)
smooth-stalked meadowgrass English (GB)
Wiesenrispe German
Wiesenrispengras German
Wiesen-Rispengras German
pâturin des prés French
grama de los prados Spanish
grama de prados Spanish
pasto azul de Kentucky Spanish (AR)
poa Spanish
poa de los prados Spanish
fienarola dei prati Italian
gramigna dei prati Italian
gewoon beemdgras Dutch
veldbeemdgras Dutch
cabelo-de-cão-de-colmo-liso Portuguese
erva-de-febra Portuguese
ängsgröe Swedish
kentakkî-burûgurasu Japanese
nagahagusa Japanese
ケンタッキーブルーグラス Japanese
ナガハグサ Japanese
мятлик луговой Russian
engrapgræs Danish
engrapp Norwegian
niittynurmikka Finnish
çayır salkımotu Turkish
wiechlina łąkowa Polish
wyklina łąkowa Polish
réti perje Hungarian
flokës Albanian
flokësa e livadheve Albanian
ливадна ливадина Bulgarian
herba de prat Catalan
poa pratense Catalan
cǎo dì zǎo hú hé Chinese
草地早熟禾 Chinese
livadna vlasnjača Croatian
lipnice luční Czech
aasnurmikas Estonian
pļavas skarene Latvian
pievinė miglė Lithuanian
firuță Romanian
власеница Serbian
ливадарка Serbian
lipnica lúčna Slovak
travniška latovka Slovene
тонконіг лучний Ukrainian
gweunwellt llyfn Welsh