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Poa angustifolia L.

narrow-leaved meadow-grass (Poaceae / Gramineae)

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Poa angustifolia is a rhizomatous perennial grass that is more frequent in the south and east and less frequent in the north and west.

Upper Rissington (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-06-15

 narrow-leaved meadow-grass / Poa angustifolia: _Poa angustifolia_ is a rhizomatous perennial grass that is more frequent in the south and east and less frequent in the north and west.

Poa angustifolia has narrower leaves than its close relative Poa pratensis, and its culms appear in denser clusters.

Upper Rissington (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-06-15

 narrow-leaved meadow-grass / Poa angustifolia: _Poa angustifolia_ has narrower leaves than its close relative _Poa pratensis_, and its culms appear in denser clusters.

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