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38°00′N 84°30′W / 38.0°N 84.5°W / 38.0; -84.5

Kentucky's Inner Bluegrass region features hundreds of horse farms.
Regions of Kentucky, with the Bluegrass region in the northern part of the state

The Bluegrass region is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It makes up the central and northern part of the state, roughly bounded by the cities of Frankfort, Paris, Richmond and Stanford.[1] It is part of the Interior Low Plateaus ecoregion.

"Bluegrass": The seed pods go from green to purplish blue to brown. During the purplish blue phase the seed stems have a dark blue coating.

"Bluegrass" is a common name given in the United States for grass of the Poa genus, the most famous being the Kentucky bluegrass.[2] Despite its name, Kentucky Bluegrass is native to Europe and was likely introduced around 1600.[3][4]

  1. ^ Hammon, Neal O. "Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773–1780". Genealogy Trails History Group. Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ Dag Ryen (letter to the editor) (June 3, 1993). "What Makes Kentucky's Bluegrass Blue". The New York Times. p. 22. Retrieved 2018-06-15. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Kentucky Bluegrass". TruGreen.
  4. ^ "Kentucky Bluegrass" (PDF). library.nd.gov.

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till plains in the north, generally north of the Ohio River, and the Bluegrass Region south of the Ohio River. Elevations vary greatly. In the glaciated...

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harness racing's most famous tracks and is located in the heart of the Bluegrass region, an area of Kentucky famous for horse breeding and racing. In 2014...

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