Poa arctica

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|genus=Poa

|species=arctica

|authority=R.Br.

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Poa arctica, the Arctic bluegrass or Arctic meadow grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, with a subarctic circumpolar distribution, extending into the Rockies.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416515-1 |title=Poa arctica R.Br. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=5 July 2021 }}{{cite journal |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2704207 |title=Poa arctica R.Br. |author1=Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org |website=GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset |year=2021 |publisher=GBIF Secretariat |doi=10.15468/39omei |access-date=5 July 2021 }} Often a dominant species in the tundra, it responds positively to disturbance.{{cite journal |title=Warming experiments elucidate the drivers of observed directional changes in tundra vegetation |year=2015 |last1=Hollister |first1=Robert D. |last2=May |first2=Jeremy L. |last3=Kremers |first3=Kelseyann S. |last4=Tweedie |first4=Craig E. |last5=Oberbauer |first5=Steven F. |last6=Liebig |first6=Jennifer A. |last7=Botting |first7=Timothy F. |last8=Barrett |first8=Robert T. |last9=Gregory |first9=Jessica L. |journal=Ecology and Evolution |volume=5 |issue=9 |pages=1881–1895 |doi=10.1002/ece3.1499 |pmid=26140204 |pmc=4485969 |bibcode=2015EcoEv...5.1881H }}