''Poa secunda'' (variously known by the common names of Sandberg bluegrass, alkali bluegrass, big bluegrass, Canby's bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass, one-sided bluegrass, Pacific bluegrass, pine blugrass, slender bluegrass, wild bluegrass, and curly bluegrass''Poa secunda''.
NatureServe. 2012.) is a widespread species of perennial bunchgrass native to North and South America. It is highly resistant to drought conditions, and provides excellent

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 has also been used in controlling

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, and as revegetator, often after

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s.Fact Sheet available in PDF and DOC form fro
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/ref> Cultivars include 'Canbar', 'Service', 'Sherman', and 'Supernova'. Historically, indigenous Americans, such as the

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of Utah, have used ''P. secunda'' for food. It was originally described botanically in 1830 by

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, from a holotype collected from Chile by

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in 1790.

Native distribution

*In North America, ''Poa secunda'' is native to Canada (in Alberta; British Columbia; eastern Quebec; southern Saskatchewan; southern Yukon Territory; and, rarely, in Ontario), the U.S. (in southeastern Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; the

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; Idaho; Isle Royale in Michigan; Montana; northwestern Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington; and Wyoming), and northwestern Mexico. *In South America, it is native to Argentina (found in

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; Neuquén; and Santa Cruz), and central Chile.

References

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Original description published in 1830, in Latin
from the

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Native distribution

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