Species

Poa compressa

Etymology

Poa: meadow grass

Authority

Poa compressa L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

POACOM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1880

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 29 Mar 2010