1. TURFGRASSES

2. WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS

3. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon)

5. Rhizomes and stolons

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

7. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Lawns

10. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Weed

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

12. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Very good wear tolerance

13. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Very good drought recovery

14. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Very good salt tolerance

15. BERMUDAGRASS (Cynodon dactylon) Seed Hybrids are sprigged

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

17. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica)

19. Rhizomes and stolons

20. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) Rhizomes and stolons

21. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) Transition zone turf

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

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

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

25. ZOYSIAGRASS (Zoysia japonica) Slow spreading

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

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

28. ST. AUGUSTINE (Stenotaphrum secundatum)

29. Stolons only

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

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

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

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

34. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides)

36. Stolons only Centipedegrass

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

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

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

40. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) Light green color

41. CENTIPEDEGRASS (Eremochloa ophiuroides) Poor salt tolerance

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

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

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

45. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum)

47. Rhizomes/stolons

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

49. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) Very drought tolerant

50. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) Poor salt tolerance

51. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) Low density

52. BAHIAGRASS (Paspalum notatum) Most of all, it’s a WEED! Seed stalks and coarse stolons

53. CARPETGRASS (Axonopus affinis)

55. Stolons only (short)

56. CARPETGRASS (Axonopus affinis) Great for low maintenance in wet, shady areas

57. CARPETGRASS (Axonopus affinis) Poor drought, salt, and cold

58. CARPETGRASS (Axonopus affinis) Seed stalks not as objectionable as bahia

59. CARPETGRASS (Axonopus affinis) Seed mix with centipede as a nursegrass

60. SEASHORE PASPALUM (Paspalum vaginatum)

62. Much like bermudagrass (less cold hardy)

63. SEASHORE PASPALUM (Paspalum vaginatum) Rhizome and stolon

64. SEASHORE PASPALUM (Paspalum vaginatum) Excellent salt tolerance

65. SEASHORE PASPALUM (Paspalum vaginatum) Little better shade tolerance than Bermuda

66. BUFFALO GRASS (Buchloe dactyloides)

67. Arid to semi-arid

68. BUFFALO GRASS (Buchloe dactyloides) Stolons only

69. BUFFALO GRASS (Buchloe dactyloides) Low maintenance (low water and N)

70. BUFFALO GRASS (Buchloe dactyloides) Poor shade and traffic tolerance

71. COOL-SEASON TURFGRASS

72. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.)

74. Bunch-type

75. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.) Rapid germination (few days)

76. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.) Annual and Perennial Overseeding and nursegrass Lawn, golf course, athletic fields

77. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.) Poor cutting quality

78. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.) Great striping effect

79. RYEGRASS (Lolium spp.) Great striping effect

80. BLUEGRASS (Poa spp.)

82. Kentucky bluegrass most common turf in cool-season regions (Annual bluegrass is a weed)

83. BLUEGRASS (Poa spp.) Rhizomes only, great sod (Kentucky)

84. BLUEGRASS (Poa spp.) Good drought tolerance (summer dormancy)

85. BLUEGRASS (Poa spp.) Rough bluegrass (Poa trivialis) golf course overseeding

86. FESCUE (Festuca spp.)

87. Transition zone

88. FESCUE (Festuca spp.) Tall fescue is often very coarse Improved turf-turf tall fescue

89. FESCUE (Festuca spp.) Tall fescue Bunch-type Tillers only

90. FESCUE (Festuca spp.) Insect tolerant (endophyte-enhanced) Endophytes are symbiotic fungus within turf Toxic to grazing

91. FESCUE (Festuca spp.) Fine fescue is fine texture The cool-season shade turf

92. FESCUE (Festuca spp.)

93. BENTGRASS (Agrostis spp.)

95. High quality cool-season turf Golf course, not in lawns Penn- cultivars