Texas Bluegrass

Poa arachnifera

Found in prairies and woodlands, eastwards in disturbed areas. Prairies, woodlands, eastwards in disturbed areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 2 Mississippi counties.

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

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Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

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

Ecological relationships

34CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Poa

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Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
Hesperia leonardusLeonard's Skipper, Blazing Star Skipper, Pawnee Prairie Skipper, Pawnee Montane Skipper
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 hobomokHobomok Skipper
Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
Macrochilo litophoraAngulate Fan-Foot, Brown-Lined Owlet
Marimatha nigrofimbriaBlack-Bordered Lemon
Megisto cymelaLittle Wood Satyr
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
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
Elachista illectella
Gonioterma mistrella

—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

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