The Blue Grasses
(Poa compressa L., P. pratensis L., and P. palustris L.
At least 3 perennial species of blue grass (Poa spp.) occur in blueberry fields. Blue grasses can be distinguished from other grasses by: their boat-shaped leaf tips a panicle seed head a spilcelet of multiple florets that are often tinted purple, and have membranous ligules where the leaf blade meets the stem Species can be highly variable. They emerge early in pruned fields forming dark green patches, and are important native and commercial forage species.
Fowl meadow grass: Forms non-spreading, upright tussocks up to 1.0 m tall. The ligule is up to 5 mm long and oval. Spikelets are often purple tinged. Often associated with wetlands.
Fowl Meadow Grasses
