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BLUEGRASS (GRASS)

Specialty Definition: Bluegrass (grass)

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Bluegrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Poa
Species
  • Poa pratensis - Kentucky bluegrass
  • Full List of Poa species
Bluegrass refers to a genus of grasseses, some of which look bluish when in flower. The term often refers to a particular species, Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis, that is commonly grown in central Kentucky and in lawns throughout the eastern United States.

Source: the above text is adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bluegrass (grass)."

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