Rough Bluegrass [Poa trivialis]

Origin: Native to North America
Use: Perennial, warm season, native grass that provides poor grazing for wildlife; fair grazing for livestock.
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Plant Description:
General  Characteristics of Rough Stalk Bluegrass
Life Span  Perennial
Growth Form  tall, erect, bunchgrass
Management:
Seeding Rate 
40" Rows:  Broadcast: 		  
Planting Date   
Planting Depth  
pH requirement 4.8 to 7.5
Rainfall requirement 35 to 50 inches
Soil texture
Sandy: 
Loam: 
Clay: 
Low
High
High
Cold Tolerance: High
General  Provides poor grazing for wildlife; fair grazing for livestock.
ID Features: Leaves folded in the bud-shoot. Sheath compressed and sharply keeled, generally scabrous, green or purple tinted, split part way only. Auricles absent. Collar broad, distinct, glabrous, divided by the midrib. Ligule membranous, 2 to 3 mm. long, acute, entire or ciliate. Blade 2 to 4.5 mm. wide, 7 to 15 cm. long, flat, tapering from the base to the tip which is narrowly boat-shaped, yellowish green, slightly retrorsely scabrous on upper surface, glossy and keeled on lower surface; median lines not prominent; margins scabrous.
Special Notes:
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