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
- 1.7–1.7 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink, green, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CO, ID, MI, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WV, WY
Related native plants
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- Woodland Bluegrass (Poa sylvestris)