Poa nemoralis

Poa nemoralis

Poa nemoralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Poinae
Genus: Poa
Species: Poa nemoralis

Name

Poa nemoralis L., Sp. Pl.: 69 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Paneion nemorale (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 222 (1915)
  • Poa angustifolia var. nemoralis (L.) Huds. in Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 412 (1778)
  • Poa nemoralis var. linnaei Stapf in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 341 (1896), not validly publ.
  • Poa serotina var. nemoralis (L.) Link in Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. 1: 180 (1827)
• Heterotypic
  • Agrestis alba (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 216 (1915)
  • Agrostis alba L. in Sp. Pl.: 63 (1753)
  • Agrostis aristata Sinclair ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 39 (1840), pro syn.
  • Agrostis conferta Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840), pro syn.
  • Agrostis cremenica Besser ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 39 (1840), pro syn.
  • Agrostis disticha Schweigg. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 39 (1840), pro syn.
  • Agrostis stolonifera var. alba (L.) Lilj. in Utkast Sv. Fl., ed. 2: 37 (1798)
  • Agrostis stolonifera f. alba (L.) Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 731 (1866)
  • Agrostis vulgaris var. alba (L.) Gatt. in Fl. Tennessee: 99 (1901)
  • Aira elodes Brign. in Fasc. Rar. Pl.: 10 (1810)
  • Aira helodes Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 44 (1840), pro syn.
  • Aira petraea Bellardi ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 45 (1840), pro syn.
  • Catabrosa elodes (Brign.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 696 (1817)
  • Catabrosa helodes Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 696 (1817)
  • Decandolia alba (L.) T.Bastard in Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 29 (1809)
  • Eragrostis tenuis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 273 (1854)
  • Festuca asperrima Hornem. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 628 (1840), pro syn.
  • Festuca depauperata Bertol. in Fl. Ital. 1: 620 (1834)
  • Milium album (L.) Lag. in Elench. Pl.: 10 (1816)
  • Milium vulgare var. album (L.) Mérat in Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 26 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Poa acmocalyx Keng f. & L.Liu in Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(2): 388 (2002)
  • Poa adjarica (Sommier & Levier) A.P.Khokhr. in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 97(6): 98 (1993)
  • Poa alexeenkoi (Tzvelev) Czerep. in Sosud. Rast. SSSR: 374 (1981)
  • Poa angustifolia var. cinerea (Vill.) Mérat in Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 37 (1812)
  • Poa asperula Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 252 (1854)
  • Poa caespitosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 73 (1804)
  • Poa carpatica subsp. supramontana Bernátová, Májovský, Kliment & Topercer in Biológia (Bratislava) 61: 390 (2006), herbarium where type conserved not specified.
  • Poa cinerea Vill. in Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 126 (1787)
  • Poa × coarctata var. montana (Gaudin) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 273 (1815)
  • Poa debilis Thuill. in Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 43 (1799)
  • Poa dubia Suter in Helvet. Fl. 1: 49 (1802), nom. illeg.
  • Poa eligulata Pavlov in Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 1949(1): 26 (1949), nom. illeg.
  • Poa firma Wormsk. ex Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 546 (1817), pro syn.
  • Poa firmula (Gaudin) Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 103 (1821 publ. 1822)
  • Poa glauca var. debilis (Thuill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 273 (1815)
  • Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Lindm. in Bot. Not. 1926: 275 (1926)
  • Poa glauca var. montana (Gaudin) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 273 (1815)
  • Poa glaucantha Schleich. ex Gaudin in Alpina 3: 36 (1808)
  • Poa glaucescens Roth in Catal. Bot. 3: 15 (1806)
  • Poa gmelinii Koeler in Descr. Gramin.: 161 (1806), nom. illeg.
  • Poa gracilescens Schrad. in Hort. Gott.: 1 (1809)
  • Poa hypanica Prokudin in Zhurn. Inst. Bot. Vseukrayins'k. Akad. Nauk 20: 197 (1939)
  • Poa juncea Suter in Helvet. Fl. 1: 46 (1802)
  • Poa juncoides Gaudin in Alpina 3: 37 (1808)
  • Poa kumgansanii Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 62 (1935)
  • Poa lapponica Prokudin in Zhurn. Inst. Bot. Vseukrayins'k. Akad. Nauk 20: 198 (1939)
  • Poa lapponica subsp. acmocalyx (Keng f. & L.Liu) Olonova & G.H.Zhu in Fl. China 22: 300 (2006)
  • Poa lapponica subsp. pilipes (Keng f. ex Shan Chen) Olonova & G.H.Zhu in Fl. China 22: 300 (2006)
  • Poa lapponica var. turiensis Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 41: 29 (2009)
  • Poa marginata Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 6 (1809), nom. nud.
  • Poa miliacea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 3: 64 (1805)
  • Poa montana All. in Fl. Pedem. 2: 245 (1785), nom. illeg.
  • Poa muralis Honck. in Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 226 (1782)
  • Poa nemoralis var. acuta Trab. in J.A.Battandier & al., Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 207 (1895)
  • Poa nemoralis var. adjarica Sommier & Levier in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 16: 453 (1900)
  • Poa nemoralis var. agrostoides Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 409 (1900)
  • Poa nemoralis var. albocaulis Plues in Brit. Grass.: 281 (1867)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. alexeenkoi Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 40 (1974)
  • Poa nemoralis var. alpina Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Godron, Fl. France Corse 3: 541 (1856)
  • Poa nemoralis var. angustifolia Parn. in Grass. Scotland: 79 (1842)
  • Poa nemoralis var. atrovirens Pauquy in Statist. Bot. Somme: 480 (1831)
  • Poa nemoralis var. bistricensis Zapał. in Kosmos (Lvov) 35: 782 (1910)
  • Poa nemoralis var. caespitosa (Poir.) de Lesd. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 516 (1933)
  • Poa nemoralis proles caespitosa (Poir.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 274 (1913)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. caespitosa (Poir.) Rouy in Consp. Fl. France: 292 (1927)
  • Poa nemoralis var. carpatica V.Jirásek in Věda Přír. 15: 208 (1934)
  • Poa nemoralis f. colorata Lindm. in Bot. Not. 1926: 274 (1926)
  • Poa nemoralis var. debilis (Thuill.) Fiori in Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 129 (1923)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. debilis (Thuill.) Rouy in Consp. Fl. France: 292 (1927)
  • Poa nemoralis proles debilis (Thuill.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 273 (1913)
  • Poa nemoralis var. depauperata (Bertol.) Rouy in Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 1: 141 (1904), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis var. depauperata Schltdl. in Linnaea 24: 651 (1851)
  • Poa nemoralis var. divaricata Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3B, 11: 124 (1873)
  • Poa nemoralis var. elatior Plues in Brit. Grass.: 281 (1867)
  • Poa nemoralis proles firmula (Gaudin) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 274 (1913)
  • Poa nemoralis f. firmula (Gaudin) Döll in Rhein. Fl.: 89 (1843)
  • Poa nemoralis var. firmula Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1: 181 (1811)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. firmula (Gaudin) Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 239 (1828)
  • Poa nemoralis f. glauca Döll in Rhein. Fl.: 90 (1843), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis var. glauca Hook. in Fl. Scotl.: 35 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. glaucantha (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Banfi in Annot. Checkl. Italian Vasc. Fl.: 21 (2005)
  • Poa nemoralis f. glaucantha (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Ghisa & Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 404 (1972)
  • Poa nemoralis var. glaucantha (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 47 (1830)
  • Poa nemoralis var. glaucantha Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 771 (1866), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis proles glaucantha (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 411 (1900)
  • Poa nemoralis var. glaucescens G.Mey. in Chloris Han.: 633 (1836)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. hylaea Galanin in Fl. Daurii 2: 104 (2009), contrary to Art. 36.1b (Melbourne Code, 2012).
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. hypanica (Prokudin) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 50 (1972)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. juncoides (Gaudin) Rouy in Consp. Fl. France: 292 (1927)
  • Poa nemoralis var. juncoides (Gaudin) P.Fourn. in Quatre Fl. France: 67 (1934)
  • Poa nemoralis var. kumgansanii (Ohwi) H.S.Kim in Fl. Coreana 7: 167 (1976)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. lapponica (Prokudin) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 50 (1972)
  • Poa nemoralis var. loiseaui Portal in Poa France Belgique Suisse: 125 (2005)
  • Poa nemoralis var. major Roth in Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 103 (1789)
  • Poa nemoralis var. major Leers in Fl. Herborn.: 30 (1775)
  • Poa nemoralis var. marginata Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 47 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Poa nemoralis var. miboroides Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 408 (1900)
  • Poa nemoralis f. micrantha (Hartm.) Neuman in Sver. Fl.: 743 (1901)
  • Poa nemoralis f. micrantha (Hartm.) Holmb. in Skand. Fl. 2: 206 (1926)
  • Poa nemoralis var. micrantha Hartm. in Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 30 (1832)
  • Poa nemoralis var. miliacea (DC.) Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 3: 541 (1856)
  • Poa nemoralis var. minor Roth in Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 103 (1789)
  • Poa nemoralis var. montana Gaudin in Alpina 3: 27 (1808)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. montana (Gaudin) Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 239 (1828)
  • Poa nemoralis f. montana (Gaudin) Döll in Rhein. Fl.: 90 (1843)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. montana Chrtek & V.Jirásek in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1964: 3 (1964), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis f. multiflora Döll in Rhein. Fl.: 90 (1843)
  • Poa nemoralis var. oligostachya Goiran in Mem. Accad. Agric. Verona 52: 174 (1874)
  • Poa nemoralis var. pallida Lange in Consp. Fl. Groenland. 3: 175 (1880)
  • Poa nemoralis var. palustris Wimm. & Grab. in Fl. Siles. 1: 79 (1827), nom. superfl.
  • Poa nemoralis var. parca N.R.Cui in Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(2): 103 (1987)
  • Poa nemoralis var. parnellii (Bab.) J.Woods in Tourist's Fl.: 409 (1850)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. parnellii (Bab.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 834 (1882)
  • Poa nemoralis var. pluriflora Coss. & Germ. in Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris 2: 643 (1845)
  • Poa nemoralis var. pocutica Zapał. in Consp. Fl. Galic. Crit. 1: 49 (1906)
  • Poa nemoralis var. polyclada Portal & Loiseau in Poa France Belgique Suisse: 129 (2005)
  • Poa nemoralis var. popovii Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 41: 23 (2009)
  • Poa nemoralis var. rariflora Blytt in Norges Fl. 1: 118 (1861)
  • Poa nemoralis var. rariflora P.Fourn. in Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 590 (1928), nom. illeg.
  • Poa nemoralis var. rigidior Hack. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 140 (1910)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. rigidula (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Schübl. & G.Martens in Fl. Würtemberg: 76 (1834)
  • Poa nemoralis var. rigidula Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 617 (1823)
  • Poa nemoralis var. scheuchzeri (Suter) Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 86 (1890)
  • Poa nemoralis var. schoenosperma Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 241 (1828)
  • Poa nemoralis var. schoenosperma Ducommun in Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.: 867 (1869)
  • Poa nemoralis var. sempervirens Plues in Brit. Grass.: 281 (1867)
  • Poa nemoralis var. spongifera Lej. in Rev. Fl. Spa: 19 (1825)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. subpolaris (Kuvaev) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 182 (2000)
  • Poa nemoralis var. tenella Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1: t. 86 (1834)
  • Poa nemoralis var. tenuifolia Reverd. ex Olonova & Gureyeva in Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. (2009+) 127: 30 (2023)
  • Poa nemoralis var. umbrosa Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 46 (1867)
  • Poa nemoralis var. uniflora Tinant in Fl. Luxemb.: 56 (1836)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. uniflora (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Schübl. & G.Martens in Fl. Würtemberg: 76 (1834)
  • Poa nemoralis var. uniflora Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 617 (1823)
  • Poa nemoralis var. vivipara Wimm. & Grab. in Fl. Siles. 1: 79 (1827)
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. vulgaris (Gaudin) Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 238 (1828)
  • Poa nemoralis var. vulgaris Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1: 179 (1811)
  • Poa nemoralis f. vulgaris (Gaudin) Döll in Rhein. Fl.: 89 (1843)
  • Poa nemoralis var. zhitomirica Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 41: 23 (2009)
  • Poa parnellii Bab. in Man. Brit. Bot.: 368 (1843)
  • Poa pilipes Keng f. ex Shan Chen in Fl. Intramongolica, ed. 2, 5: 594 (1994)
  • Poa polymorpha Wibel in Prim. Fl. Werth.: 113 (1799)
  • Poa pratensis var. fagetorum Rech.f. & T.C.Scheff. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 546 (1939)
  • Poa pseudocaesia Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 772 (1866), pro syn.
  • Poa pyramidalis Clairv. in Man. Herbor. Suisse: 19 (1811), nom. superfl.
  • Poa rariflora Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 387 (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Poa recta Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 362 (1841), pro syn.
  • Poa salebrosa Panz. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 362 (1841), pro syn.
  • Poa scheuchzeri Suter in Helvet. Fl. 1: 50 (1802)
  • Poa scopulorum Butters & Abbe in Rhodora 49: 16 (1947)
  • Poa subpolaris Kuvaev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24: 18 (1987)
  • Poa tenuis Clairv. in Man. Herbor. Suisse: 18 (1811)
  • Poa tenuis Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 156 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Poa tormentuosa Butters & Abbe in Rhodora 49: 14 (1947)
  • Poa variegata Host ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 354 (1833), pro syn.
  • Vilfa alba (L.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812)
  • Vilfa neglecta P.Beauv. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 767 (1841), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan RegionalːSubarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere, NW. Africa Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon Introduced into: Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Greenland, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ireland, Kerguelen, Labrador, Lesotho, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Uruguay References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 69. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Poa nemoralis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Poa nemoralis. Published online. Accessed: January 03 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa nemoralis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Hain-Rispengras
• suomi: Lehtonurmikka
• français: Pâturin des bois
• íslenska: Kjarrsveifgras
• polski: Wiechlina gajowa

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