Canada Bluegrass

Poa compressa, introduced

• Short, bunchy sod-forming grass
• Long-lived perennial
• Stabilizes low-fertility soils
• Palatable to wildlife and livestock
• Helps to improve poor sites where more productive species won’t establish
• Good forage value in early spring
• Can begin to dominate heavily grazed areas
• Not shade tolerant
• Introduced to North America
• Restricted to better soils and moist locations in the Prairies