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TURFGRASSES

TURFGRASSES. WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS. BERMUDAGRASS ( Cynodon dactylon ). BERMUDAGRASS ( Cynodon dactylon ). BERMUDAGRASS ( Cynodon dactylon ). Rhizomes and stolons. BERMUDAGRASS ( Cynodon dactylon ). High maintenance Golf and athletic fields. BERMUDAGRASS ( Cynodon dactylon ). Lawns.

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TURFGRASSES

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  1. TURFGRASSES

  2. WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS

  3. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon)

  4. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon)

  5. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Rhizomes and stolons

  6. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • High maintenance • Golf and athletic fields

  7. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Lawns

  8. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Weed

  9. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Full sun (6 hours) Poor shade tolerance ‘Tifgrand’ and ‘Celebration’ much better shade tolerance

  10. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Very good wear tolerance

  11. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Very good drought recovery

  12. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Very good salt tolerance

  13. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Seed • Hybrids are sprigged

  14. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) • Many cultivars • Mid- and tif- varieties • Tifway, Tifeagle, Tifsport, Midway, Midiron

  15. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica)

  16. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica)

  17. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Rhizomes and stolons

  18. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Rhizomes and stolons

  19. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Transition zone turf

  20. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) Fair shade tolerance ‘Shadow Turf’

  21. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • High quality, dense turf (out competes weeds)

  22. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Reel mower to avoid scalping?

  23. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Slow spreading

  24. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Seed has slow germination • Typically established by sod

  25. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) • Several cultivars: Zenith, Empire, Zeon… • Emerald is a hybrid of Z. japonica and Z. tenufolia

  26. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum)

  27. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Stolons only

  28. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Premier shade turf (shade tolerance varies) • At least 4 hours sun • ‘Totality’ complete shade?

  29. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Establish by sod or plugs only • Seed not available

  30. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Chinch bugs, Brown patch, Root rot • Mole crickets?

  31. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Bitterblue, Floratine, Floratam, Raleigh, Palmetto • Resistance variation

  32. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides)

  33. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides)

  34. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Stolons only • Centipedegrass

  35. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Middle of road turf (shade, traffic, and drought)

  36. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) Prefers low fertility – otherwise, thatch build-up

  37. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Winterkill from high fertility and thatch • ‘Centipedegrass decline’

  38. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Light green color

  39. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) Poor salt tolerance

  40. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Seed is expensive! ($20/pound)

  41. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) Sod anytime of the year

  42. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) • Oklawn and Tifblair cultivars • Better winter tolerance

  43. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum)

  44. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum)

  45. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) • Rhizomes/stolons

  46. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) • Use on poor, sandy soils • Highway grass • Grazing

  47. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) • Very drought tolerant

  48. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) • Poor salt tolerance

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