Marsh bluegrass facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marsh bluegrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Poa
Species:	P. leptocoma
Binomial name
Poa leptocoma Trin.
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Poa leptocoma, also known as marsh bluegrass or western bog bluegrass, is a type of grass. It's a plant that loves wet places!

Where Does Marsh Bluegrass Grow?

This special grass grows naturally in western North America. You can find it all the way from Alaska down to New Mexico. It also lives in the cold, high Arctic regions.

It likes to grow in cool, high places like subalpine and alpine climates. These are areas found on mountains, just below the tree line or even higher up. You can also find it on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is far away in eastern Russia.

What Does Marsh Bluegrass Look Like?

Marsh bluegrass loves wet spots! It often grows in damp meadows. You might also see it near lakes, ponds, and streams. It is a perennial grass, which means it lives for more than two years.

This grass grows in loose groups or clumps. Its stems can reach a height of 70 to 100 centimeters. That's about as tall as a 12-year-old!

The plant's flowers grow in a special cluster called an inflorescence. This part has many branches. At first, these branches stay close to the main stem. But as the tiny flowers, called spikelets, grow bigger, the branches spread out. They even droop a little from the stem. These spikelets can be green, blue, or even a dark purple color.