''Poa arctica'', the Arctic bluegrass or Arctic meadow grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

, with a subarctic

circumpolar distribution A circumpolar distribution is any range (biology), range of a taxon that occurs over a wide range of longitudes but only at high latitudes; such a range therefore extends all the way around either the North Pole or the South Pole. Taxa that are al ...

, extending into the Rockies. Often a dominant species in the

tundra In physical geography, a tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: #Arctic, Arctic, Alpine tundra, Alpine, and #Antarctic ...

, it responds positively to disturbance.

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arctica Flora of Norway Flora of Svalbard Flora of Sweden Flora of Finland Flora of North European Russia Flora of East European Russia Flora of Siberia Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Subarctic America Flora of Western Canada Flora of Eastern Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of Nevada Flora of Utah Flora of New Mexico Plants described in 1823 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Pooideae-stub