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COMMON NAME

Kentucky bluegrass

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Poa pratensis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Common meadow-grass, smooth meadow-grass

Plant family

Grass (Poaceae)

Plant group

Grasses

Kentucky bluegrass is a creeping (by rhizomes), fine-textured, cool season turf grass.
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Identification hints

This grass features soft, narrow, linear, rich, medium to dark green blades (to 1/8" wide) and characteristic boat-shaped tips.
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Kentucky bluegrass is one of the most widely planted turf grasses for the northern half of the United States and is generally considered to be the standard by which cool season grasses are compared.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
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