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Turf Grass
Spieces of Turfgrasses with characterization
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2012

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Zoysia Grass
Definition
Zoysia japonica
absent auricles, hairy near base, hairy on collar
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Bahia Grass
Definition
Paspalum notatum
dense ring of hairs in ligule, collar has long hairs at edges, absent auricle, scaly rhizomes but no stolons
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Colonial Bentgrass
Definition
Agrostis capillaris
membranous ligule, collar may be divided or narrow, rolled vernation, weak or absent rhizomes and stolons
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Creeping Bentgrass
Definition
Agrostis stolonifera
membranous ligule, narrow collar, absent auricles, rolled vernation, stolons
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Bermudagrass
Definition
Cynodon dactylon
folded vernation, rhizomes and stolons,white hairy ligule, absent auricles
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Creeping Bluegrass
Definition
Poa annua
BOAT SHAPED TIP, absent auricle, narrow smooth collar, long membrane in ligule, slender stolons rooting at lower nodes
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Kentucky Bluegrass
Definition
Poa pratensis
short membranous ligule, smooth narrow divided yellow-green collar, BOAT SHAPED TIP, long slender multi-branched rhizomes
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Rough Bluegrass
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Poa trivialis
BOAT SHAPED TIP, membranous sharply pointed (sometimes hairy looking membranous) ligule, thin leafy stolons, absent auricles
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Carpet Grass
Definition
Axonopus fissifolius
stolons, no auricle, short hairs on ligule
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Centipede Grass
Definition
Eremochloa ophiuroides
opposite branched stolons,hairy at throat of the sheath, short hairy membranous ligule
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creeping red fescue
Definition
Festuca rubra
so fine you can't really see anything on it and only grows in shady enviroments
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Tall Fescue
Definition
Festuca arundinacea
very short occasional rhizome, wide membranous ligule, usual hairy on margins, course textured
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Seashore Paspalam
Definition
Paspalam vaginatum
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Annual Ryegrass
Definition
Lolium multiflorum
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Perennial Ryegrass
Definition
Lolium perenne
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St, Augustine Grass
Definition
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Term
Zoysia Grass
Definition
Zoysia japonica
Term
Tall Fescue
Definition
Festuca arundinacea
very short occasional rhizome, wide membranous ligule, usual hairy on margins, course textured
Term
Seashore Paspalam
Definition
Paspalam vaginatum
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Annual Ryegrass
Definition
Lolium multiflorum
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Perennial Ryegrass
Definition
Lolium perenne
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St, Augustine Grass
Definition
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Term
Zoysia Grass
Definition
Zoysia japonica
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