Texas Bluegrass

Poa arachnifera

Found in prairies and woodlands, eastwards in disturbed areas. Prairies, woodlands, eastwards in disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: Up to about 3 feet
Light: Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Bloom: March to May

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Limestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

30CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Poa

Acrolophus popeanellaClemen's Grass Tubeworm
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Amblyscirtes hegonPepper and Salt Skipper
Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Arugisa luteaCommon Arugisa
Atalopedes huronSachem
Cercyonis pegalaCommon Wood Nymph
Euxoa auxiliarisArmy Cut-Worm, Army Cutworm

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Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
Lerodea eufalaEufala Skipper, Gray Skipper, Rice Leafroller
Leucania phragmitidicolaNeedle Wainscot, Phragmites Wainscot
Leucania subpunctataWhite-Dotted Wainscot, Forage Armyworm
Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
Macrochilo litophoraAngulate Fan-Foot, Brown-Lined Owlet
Marimatha nigrofimbriaBlack-Bordered Lemon
Megisto cymelaLittle Wood Satyr
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Parapediasia teterrellusBluegrass Webworm
Pediasia trisectaSod Webworm Moth, Larger Sod Webworm
Phalaenostola larentioidesBlack-Banded Owlet, Black-Banded Phalaenostola
Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Gonioterma mistrella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

9BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Poa

Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
Branta canadensisCanada Goose
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow
Spizella breweriBrewer's Sparrow
Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow
Spizella pusillaField Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae
Flower color: White, green or brown

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “March to May” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “White, green or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 3 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNR
Global rank	G5
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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