''Poa palustris'' (fowl bluegrass, fowl meadowgrass, swamp meadowgrass, woodland bluegrass) is a species of

grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

native to Asia, Europe and Northern America. This plant is used as

fodder Fodder (), also called provender (), is any agriculture, agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, domestic rabbit, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. "Fodder" refers particularly to food g ...

and

forage Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used m ...

, and it also used for

erosion control Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction. Effective erosion controls handle surface runoff and are important techniques in ...

revegetation Revegetation is the process of replanting and rebuilding the soil of disturbed land. This may be a natural process produced by plant colonization and succession, manmade rewilding projects, accelerated process designed to repair damage to a land ...

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment
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USDA Plants Profile: ''Poa palustris''

Grass Manual Treatment
palustris Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of Canada Grasses of the United States Native grasses of the Great Plains region Native grasses of California Forages Plants described in 1759 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Pooideae-stub