Scientific Name:	Poa supina
Pronunciation:	POE-uh soo-PYE-nuh
Common Name:	supina bluegrass
Family Name:	Poaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:	Leaf vernation folded, 2-3 mm wide, tip boat-shaped, tip rounded …auricles absent…ligule 0.6-1.5 mm…sheath thin, smooth, 1.5 to 5 x longer than blade…culm 0.5-0.7 mm wide … rhizomes present…+/- stolons…thatchy habit with tufted or isolated culms.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Form: Texture: Mature Size: Height: Spread: Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Golf green, Lawn - sports field Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Grass-like Arrangement: Alternate, Basal Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Spikelet Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Dark-red Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: Grain (caryopsis) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes, Runners (or stolons)

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab Location Map

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