Poa colensoi

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Poaceae}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|image_caption=Habit

|genus=Poa

|species=colensoi

|authority=Hook.f.

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• Poa guthrie-smithiana {{small|Petrie}}
• Poa intermedia {{small|Buchanan}}

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Poa colensoi, the blue tussock, is a species of cool-season grass in the family Poaceae, endemic to New Zealand.{{cite POWO |id=416776-1 |title=Poa colensoi Hook.f. |access-date=24 January 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/poa-colensoi |title=Poa colensoi |author= |date=2022 |website=nzpcn.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=24 January 2022 }} It is considered the native grass species with the highest potential for use in high altitude livestock grazing systems, as it has good palatibility and above average regrowth rates.{{cite journal |title=Native and low-input grasses-a New Zealand high country perspective |year=1996 |last1=Scott |first1=D. |last2=Keoghan |first2=J.M. |last3=Allan |first3=B.E. |journal=New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=499–512 |doi=10.1080/00288233.1996.9513211 |doi-access=free |bibcode=1996NZJAR..39..499S }}