Alpine Bluegrass
Poa alpina
Alpine bluegrass is a low, tufted cool-season grass of high mountain meadows and tundra, cold-hardy and compact for rock gardens and high-elevation restoration.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CO, ID, MI, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY