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Letterman's blue grass

narrow-flowered bluegrass

Poa lettermanii

Poa stenantha

Flowering time July-September June-August
Habitat Mesic to wet, rocky, alpine slopes Meadows and cliffs from middle elevations to the alpine.
Distribution
Occurring in the Cascades Range in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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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. fendleriana, 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. suksdorfii, P. trivialis, P. unilateralis, P. wheeleri
Subordinate taxa
P. stenantha var. stenantha
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