| Scientific Name: | Poa compressa |
| Common Name: | Canada bluegrass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Golf green, Lawn - sports field |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Green, Purple, Dark-red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems flattened; leaf blades flat, most 1.5-4mm wide and 6-10cm long; ligules 1-3mm long, tips round, margins and lower surface not smooth. | |