Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15830 
Family Poaceae 
Species Poa alpina L.
Collector Information Oliver Hansen  (113)  18 September 2010 , with Beth Hansen
Voucher Senior Thesis Voucher for Henry's Fork and Vicinity Checklist, Block 19, northern Utah and southern Wyoming. 
Geography United States,  Utah, Summit County
Lat./Long. 40°  49' 34.56" N, 110°  22 ' 38.28" W at 10827 feet (3300 m)
Locality Uinta Mountains, Henry’s Fork Basin, W shore of Dollar Lake; 
Ecology alpine lake margins; associated species: Picea engelmannii, Salix glauca, perennial grasses. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Poa alpina L.

     Poa alpina ssp. vivipara (L.) Arcang.
     Poa alpina var. vivipara L.
     Poa vivipara (L.) Willd.

Common Name(s): alpine bluegrass, alpine bluegrass.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=41076, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Poaceae
                                    Genus: Poa
                                        Species: Poa alpina
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 04692s1.jpg 
04692
specimen image: 07087s1.jpg 
07087
specimen image: 07419s3.jpg 
07419
specimen image: 08039s3.jpg 
08039
specimen image: 08074s3.jpg 
08074
specimen image: 08106s1.jpg 
08106
specimen image: 08765s1.jpg 
08765

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14075 Agoseris glauca  var. cronquistii   "Cronquist's mountain dandelion" 2416 ft. S
14072 Aster foliaceus  var. apricus   "alpine leafybract aster" 1 mi. SE
15838 Danthonia intermedia     same section
14073 Erigeron goodrichii      "Uinta Mountains fleabane" 1 mi. SE
15834 Festuca ovina  var. saximontana  same section
14074 Gentianella amarella      "autumn dwarf gentian" same section
15839 Juncus triglumis     same section
15829 Picea engelmannii     same section
15831 Poa glauca  var. glauca  same section
15832 Poa reflexa     same section
15836 Potentilla rubricaulis     1272 ft. NE
15828 Salix glauca  var. villosa  same section
15833 Trifolium parryi  var. montanense  same section
15837 Trisetum spicatum     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Dollar Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 488 ft. NE 10791  Mount Powell 
Henrys Fork Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 0.8 mi. SW 10824  Mount Powell 
Grass Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.2 mi. W 10824  Mount Powell 
Sawmill Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.6 mi. N 10663  Mount Powell 
Elkhorn Crossing (Locale) Summit County, UT 1.8 mi. N 10381  Mount Powell 
Bear Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.8 mi. NW 10775  Mount Powell 
Irland Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.6 mi. W 11395  Mount Powell 
Lake Blanchard (Lake) Summit County, UT 2 mi. SW 11172  Mount Powell 
Gunsight Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 2.2 mi. SE 11854  Kings Peak 
Gilbert Peak (Summit) Summit County, UT 1.9 mi. E 13409  Kings Peak 
Castle Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.1 mi. W 11369  Mount Powell 
Anderson Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 2.9 mi. S 12681  Mount Powell 
Cliff Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.9 mi. SW 11451  Mount Powell 
Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 3.3 mi. S 13026  Kings Peak 
Flat Top Mountain (Summit) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. W 12123  Mount Powell 
Mount Powell (Summit) Summit County, UT 3.3 mi. SW 13035  Mount Powell 
Gilbert Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 3.1 mi. E 10913  Kings Peak 
Alligator Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 4.1 mi. N 10040  Gilbert Peak NE 
South Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 4.1 mi. S 13193  Mount Powell 
Gilbert Creek Basin (Basin) Duchesne County, UT 3.3 mi. E 11457  Kings Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Poa alpina  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Poa+alpina

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