Contents

About the authors

Preface

Major sports turf and amenity grasses

Minor sports turf and amenity grasses

Further reading

Helpful links

Turfgrass identification

Turfgrass terminology

Terms

Using a visual turfgrass key

Key to common turfgrasses

MAJOR SPORTS TURF AND AMENITY GRASSES

Cool season grasses

Agrostis capillaris: Browntop bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera: Creeping bentgrass

Festuca arundinacea: Tall fescue

Festuca longifolia: Hard fescue

Festuca rubra ssp. commutata: Chewing’s fescue

Festuca rubra ssp. rubra: Red fescue

Lolium perenne: Perennial ryegrass

Poa annua: Annual bluegrass

Poa pratensis: Kentucky bluegrass

Poa trivialis: Rough stemmed bluegrass

Warm season grasses

Axonopus affinis: Narrow-leaf carpetgrass

Axonopus compressus: Broad-leaf Carpet grass

Buchloe dactyloides: Buffalo grass

Cynodon dactylon: Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon × C. transvaalensis: Hybrid bermudagrass

Dactyloctenium australe: Durban grass

Digitaria didactyla: Queensland blue couch

Eremochloa ophiuroides: Centipede grass

Paspalum dilatatum: Dallis grass

Paspalum notatum: Bahia grass

Paspalum vaginatum: Seashore paspalum

Pennisetum clandestinum: Kikuyu grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum: St Augustine grass

Zoysia japonica: Japanese lawngrass

Zoysia matrella: Manila grass

Zoysia tenuifolia: Korean lawngrass

MINOR SPORTS TURF AND AMENITY GRASSES

Cool season grasses

Agrostis alba: Redtop bentgrass

Agrostis canina ssp. canina: Velvet bentgrass

Austrodanthonia spp.: Wallaby grass

Bromus catharticus: Prairie grass

Cynosurus cristatus: Crested dog’s tail grass

Dactylis glomerata: Orchard grass

Ehrharta calycina: Perennial veldt grass

Elytrigia repens: Twitch grass

Festuca ovina: Sheep fescue

Festuca pratensis: Meadow fescue

Holcus lanatus: Meadow softgrass

Lolium multiflorum: Italian ryegrass

Microlaena stipoides: Weeping grass

Phleum pratense: Timothy grass

Poa compressa: Canada bluegrass

Poa pratensis × P. arachnifera: Reveille bluegrass

Poa supina: Supina bluegrass

Puccinellia distans: Alkali grass

Warm season grasses

Bothriochloa macra: Red grass

Chloris gayana: Rhodes grass

Chloris truncata Windmill grass

Chloris ventricosa: Tall chloris

Cynodon nlemfuensis: African stargrass

Cynodon transvaalensis: South African bermudagrass

Eragrostis cilianensis: Spreading lovegrass

Panicum laxum: Lax panic grass

Panicum repens: Torpedo grass

Paspalum distichum: Mercer grass

Paspalum nicorae: Brunswick grass

Sporobolus virginicus: Marine couch

Zoysia macrantha: Prickly couch

Index

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