{{Short description|Species of grass}} {{Speciesbox |image = Poasecunda.jpg |status = G5 |status_system = TNC |status_ref = <ref name="natureserve">{{cite web|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159598/Poa_secunda|title=''Poa secunda''|website=NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer|author=NatureServe|publisher=NatureServe|date=2 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023|location=Arlington, Virginia}}</ref> |genus = Poa |species = secunda |authority = J.Presl<ref name=trop>''Poa secunda'' was originally described and published in ''Reliquiae Haenkeanae'' 1(4–5): 271. 1830. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25512425 |title=Name - ''Poa secunda'' J.Presl |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=15 December 2012}}</ref> |synonyms = <span style="color:darkred;"><span style="font-size:87%;">N O T E :</span></span> <span style="font-size:87%;">This list has been aggregated from three sources, each having considerably differing lists of taxa</span> * ''Festuca oregona'' <small>Vasey</small> * ''Glyceria canbyi'' <small>Scribn.</small> * ''Poa ampla'' <small>Merr.</small> * ''P. brachyglossa'' <small>Piper</small> * ''P. buckleyana'' <small>Nash</small> * ''P. canbyi'' <small>(Scribn.) Howell</small> * ''P. confusa'' <small>Rydb.</small> * ''P. englishii'' <small>H.St.John & Hardin</small> * ''P. gracillima'' <small>Vasey</small> * ''P. g.'' var. ''multnomae'' <small>(Piper) C.L.Hitchc.</small> * ''P. incurva'' <small>Scribn. & T.A.Williams</small> * ''P. juncifolia'' <small>Scribn.</small> * ''P. j.'' var. ''juncifolia'' * ''P. j.'' subsp. ''porteri'' <small>D.D.Keck</small> * ''P. j.'' var. ''ampla'' <small>(Merr.) Dorn</small> * ''P. laevigata'' <small>Scribn.</small> * ''P. nevadensis'' <small>Vasey ''ex'' Scribn.</small> * ''P. n.'' var. ''juncifolia'' <small>(Scribn.) Beetle</small> * ''P. orcuttiana'' <small>Vasey</small> * ''P. sandbergii'' <small>Vasey</small> * ''P. scabrella'' <small>(Thurb.) Benth. ''ex'' Vasey</small> * ''P. secunda'' <small>Zea ''ex'' Roem. & Schult.</small> (''nom inval.'') * ''P. se.'' var. ''elongata'' <small>(Vasey) Dorn</small> (poss.) * ''P. se.'' var. ''incurva'' <small>(Scribn. & T.A.Williams) Beetle</small> (poss.) * ''P. se.'' subsp. ''juncifolia'' <small>(Scribn.) Soreng</small> (poss.) * ''P. se.'' subsp. ''secunda'' * ''P. se.'' var. ''stenophylla'' <small>(Vasey ''ex'' Beal) Beetle</small> (poss.) * ''P. stenantha'' var. ''sandbergii'' <small>(Vasey) B.Boivin</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=plants1>{{ cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POSE |title=Profile for ''Poa secunda'' (Sandberg bluegrass) |work=PLANTS Database |publisher=USDA, NRCS |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=grin>{{GRIN | accessdate=15 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=tpl>{{ cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Poa+secunda |title=TPL, treatment of ''Poa secunda '' J.Presl |work=The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden |year=2010 |accessdate=15 December 2012}}</ref> }}
'''''Poa secunda''''' (variously known by the common names of '''Sandberg bluegrass''',<ref name=trop/><ref name=plants1/><ref name=grin/> '''alkali bluegrass''',<ref name=grin/> '''big bluegrass''',<ref name=grin/> '''Canby's bluegrass''',<ref name=trop/> '''Nevada bluegrass''',<ref name=grin/> '''one-sided bluegrass''',<ref name=plants1/> '''Pacific bluegrass''',<ref name=trop/> '''pine bluegrass''',<ref name=trop/> '''slender bluegrass''',<ref name=trop/> '''wild bluegrass''',<ref name=grin/> and '''curly bluegrass'''<ref name="natureserve"/>) is a widespread species of perennial bunchgrass native to North and South America.<ref name=grin/> It is highly resistant to drought conditions, and provides excellent fodder;<ref name=plants1/> and has also been used in controlling soil erosion,<ref name=grin/> and as revegetator,<ref name=grin/> often after forest fires.<ref>Fact Sheet available in PDF and DOC form from [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POSE USDA PLANTS Profile]</ref> Cultivars include 'Canbar', 'Service', 'Sherman', and 'Supernova'.<ref name=plants2>{{ cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/charProfile?symbol=POSE |title=Conservation Plant Characteristics for ''Poa secunda'' (Sandberg bluegrass) |work=PLANTS Database |publisher=USDA, NRCS |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref> Historically, indigenous Americans, such as the Gosiute of Utah, have used ''P. secunda'' for food.<ref name=rvc>{{ cite journal |author=Chamberlin, R. V.| authorlink=Ralph Vary Chamberlin|title=The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. |journal=Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association |year=1911 |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=331–405 (p. 377)}}</ref> It was originally described botanically in 1830 by Jan Svatopluk Presl, from a holotype collected from Chile by Thaddäus Haenke in 1790.<ref name=trop/>
==Native distribution== *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.<ref name=grin/> *In '''South America''', it is native to Argentina (found in Chubut; Neuquén; and Santa Cruz), and central Chile.<ref name=grin/>
==References== {{Reflist}} <br /> thumb|''Poa secunda'', Idaho|left thumb|''Poa secunda'' in summer dry season|left {{Clear}}
==External links== {{Commons}} *[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6692 Taxon report] from Calflora *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Poa+secunda Photo gallery] from CalPhotos database *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9207,9238 Jepson Manual Treatment] from the University of California *[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/poasec/all.html Fire Effects Information Service information] from the U.S. Forest Service *[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390910#page/287/mode/1up Original description published in 1830, in Latin] from the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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secunda Category:Plants described in 1830 Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Grasses of Canada Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Forages Category:Plants used in Native American cuisine
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