:Poa sandvicensis

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Flynn, T.|author2=Walsh, S.|author3=Nyberg, B.|author4=Wood, K.|date=2021 |title=Poa sandvicensis |volume=2021|page=e.T80176878A80176907|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T80176878A80176907.en|access-date=15 November 2024}}

| status2 = {{TNCStatus}}

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|date=2022 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144124|access-date=27 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer Poa sandvicensis |publisher=NatureServe|title= NatureServe Explorer }}

|genus = Poa

|species = sandvicensis

|authority = ({{ill|Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt|de|lt=Reichardt}}) Hitchc.

}}

Poa sandvicensis is a rare species of grass known by the common name Hawaiian bluegrass. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is limited to the island of Kauai.[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Poa+sandvicensis Poa sandvicensis.] The Nature Conservancy. It is threatened by the loss and modification of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

There are three species of Poa native to Hawaii, and they are all endemic to Kauai.USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3296.pdf Poa mannii Five-year Review.] August 2010. As of 2003, there were nine populations with fluctuating numbers of individuals.USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3297.pdf Poa sandvicensis Five-year Review.] August 2010. The plant grows on moist, shady slopes.

This grass is threatened by feral goats and pigs damaging its habitat, and the invasion of introduced species of plants.