A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 12/14/2023 by David Giblin.
Poa marcida Hitchc.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
withered bluegrass
Publication: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 158. 1928.
Origin: Native
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: FNA24: "Poa marcida is an uncommon endemic of breaks in rich, mesic, generally old growth forests of the Pacific coast, from Vancouver Island through the western foothills of the northern Cascade Mountains to central Oregon. It differs from P. saltuensis in its closed sheaths and attenuate lemmas."
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand var. marcida (Hitchc.) B. Boivin
