Turf grass

Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
- stoloniferous
- heat tolerant not drought tolerant
- fine blade
Tall fescue
Festuca arundinacea
- cool season turfgrass
- drought tolerant
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis
- rhizome
- good thatch
- medium texture
- northern us
Rough bluegrass

Poa trivialis

poor drought and heat tolerance due to shallow root system
Perennial ryegrass
lolium perenne
- most popular over seed
- traffic tolerant
- a bunchgrass
- poor summer grass in southern states
Annual bluegrass

Poa annua
Annual ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum
St. Augustinegrass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
- in every yard in the south
- asexually propagated
Zoysiagrass

Zoysia spp.

externally salt tolerant
Centipedgrass
Eremochloa ophiuroides
- medium texture
- forms a sod
Bahiagrass
Paspolum notatum
- leaves are coarse
- prolific seed head
Carpetgrass
Axonopus affinis
- stoloniferous
- native Central America
Seashore paspalum
Paspalum vaginatum
- medium coarse blade
- very salt and heat tolerant dense root system
Buffalo grass
Buchloe dactvloides
- very drought tolerant
- comes in sod
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
- most widely used turf grass
- fine grass

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Turf grass

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Updated

2013-02-19T23:39:09Z

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