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Poa compressa
flattened meadow grass
Botanical details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- Yes
- Genus
Poa
- Genus description
Poa can be annual or perennial grasses forming clumps of linear leaves and open flowering panicles in summer
- Name status
Correct
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