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Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
- Folded vernation
- 1-3 mm long Fringe of hairs on ligule
- Collar is Narrow and continuous with hairs
- leaf blade is 1.5-4 mm
- Growth through Rhizomes and Stolons
- Seedhead has 3-5 racemes on one whorl
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St. Augustinegrass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
- Folded Vernation
- Fringe of hair on ligule
- Constricted collar (smallest)
- blunt/rounded tip with constricted base
- Creeping stolons w/swollen nodes
- Modified boat shaped leaf tip
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Bahiagrass
Paspalum notatum
- Rolled venation but can have both
- short membranous ligule
- Medium to long hairs on collar
- broad leaf compressed sheath w/sparse hairs
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Seashore Paspalum
Paspalum vaginatum
- Folded vernation
- Membranous w/fine hairs from upper edge
- Hairs at collar
- Broad w/compressed sheath (sim. to Bahiagrass but narrower)
- Stolens and Rhizomes
- Texture varies from coarse to very fine
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Centipedegrass
Eremochloa ophiuroides
- Folded vernation
- membranous with hairs
- Constricted collar with hairs
- 3-5mm pointed leaf tip
- Creeping stolons
- Collar is sim. to St. Augustine but with hairs
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Zoysiagrass
Zoysia japonica
- Rolled Vernation
- Fringe of hairs on ligule
- Broad and continuous collar with hairs
- Stiff and fine hairs on leaf blade
- Stolons and short rhizomes
- Hairs at margin of leaf near the tip
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Carpetgrass
Axonopus compressus
- Folded vernation
- fringe of hairs ligule
- Hairy at edges
- Broad w/compressed sheath, many short hairs
- Stolons, nodes may be covered with short hairs
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Dichondra
Dichondra Spp
- Rolled Vernation
- Kidney shaped leaves
- Stolons
- Can be damaged by broad leaf sprays
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Kikuyugrass
Pennnisetum clandestinum
- Folded vernation
- Fringe of Hairs
- Longer hairs, sheath covered w/fine hairs
- Short hairs on leaf blade
- Rhizomes and stolons
- Seedhead is a short curved spike
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Buffalograss
Buchloe dactyloides
- Rolled Vernation
- Fringe of hairs on Ligule
- Broad and continuous collar
- Light green to gray green color w/sm hairs
- Thick creeping stolons
- Leaves can take on curled and twisted appearance
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Kentucky Bluegrass
Poa pratensis
- Folded Vernation
- NO visable ligule
- boat shape tip w/lines down midrib
- Rhizomes
- Translucent lines parallel to and on each side of midrib
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Rough Bluegrass
Poa Trivialis
- Folded Vernation
- Long, Membranous ligule
- Boat shaped tip
- Stolons
- often many seedheads at low mowing growth
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Annual Bluegrass
Poa Annua
- Folded Vernation
- Long, membranous ligule
- Boat Shaped tip
- Bunch type growth
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Perennial Ryegrass
Lolium perenne
- Folded Vernation
- Short, membranous ligule
- Small Clawlike
- Pointed leaf tip w/shiney backside to blade
- Bunch type
- Looks sim. to Poa pratensis, but with pointed leaf
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Annual Ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
- Rolled Vernation
- Short, membranous ligule
- Claw-like auricle
- Bunch type growth
- Prominent veins on the upper side of hte leaf
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Creeping Bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
- Rolled Vernation
- Membranous ligule
- Pointed leaf type
- Stolons
- Forms roots at nodes of the stolon
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Colonial Bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
- Rolled Vernation
- Membreanous ligule
- Pointed leaf tip
- Presence of rhizomes in addition to stolons
- Ligule is broader and shorter than creeping bentgrass
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Tall Fescue
Festuca arundinacea
- Rolled vernation
- Short, membranous ligule
- Short, rounded auricles
- Pointed leaf tip
- NO midrib
- Bunch type growth
- Coarse texture with prominent veins on upper side
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Fine Fescue
Festuca Spp
- Folded Vernation
- Very small membranous ligule
- Absence of auricle
- Very narrow, pointed leaf tip
- Bunch type growth
- Leaves may have bristlelike wiry appearance
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