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Letterman's blue grass

muttongrass

Poa lettermanii

Poa fendleriana

Flowering time July-September May-August
Habitat Mesic to wet, rocky, alpine slopes Rocky to rich slopes in sagebrush, grassland, and open forest, montane to alpine.
Distribution
Occurring in the Cascades Range in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. alpina, P. annua, P. arctica, P. bolanderi, P. bulbosa, P. compressa, P. confinis, P. curtifolia, P. cusickii, P. fendleriana, P. glauca, P. howellii, P. infirma, P. interior, P. laxiflora, P. leibergii, P. leptocoma, P. macrantha, P. marcida, P. ×multnomae, P. nemoralis, P. nervosa, P. palustris, P. paucispicula, P. pratensis, P. secunda, P. stenantha, P. suksdorfii, P. trivialis, P. unilateralis, P. wheeleri
P. alpina, P. annua, P. arctica, P. bolanderi, P. bulbosa, P. compressa, P. confinis, P. curtifolia, P. cusickii, P. glauca, P. howellii, P. infirma, P. interior, P. laxiflora, P. leibergii, P. leptocoma, P. lettermanii, P. macrantha, P. marcida, P. ×multnomae, P. nemoralis, P. nervosa, P. palustris, P. paucispicula, P. pratensis, P. secunda, P. stenantha, P. suksdorfii, P. trivialis, P. unilateralis, P. wheeleri
Subordinate taxa
P. fendleriana ssp. longiligula
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