Cool Season Grasses

Tall Fescue

Bunch type grass, most common cool season species in NC, coarse, lawn/utility turf

Fine Fescue

Panicle inflorescence, fine texture, bunch type, narrow slightly folded bristle like blade

Creeping Bentgrass

Used on many golf course greens, fine textured, high maintenance, slender stolons, flat blade

Perennial Ryegrass

Used on fairways and overseeds with warm season grasses, spike inflorescence, bunch type, fast germination

Annual Ryegrass

Quick germination, limited use, bunch type, bright green with prominent mid vein, and glossy lower surface

Kentucky Bluegrass

Boat shaped tip, aggressive growth, bunch type and sometimes rhizomatous, mixed with tall fescue, moderately shade tolerant

Annual Bluegrass

Considered as weed to most people, dies out if summers are hot, bunch type, boat shapped tip, short parallel edges

Roughstalk Bluegrass

Tall ligule, no rhizomes, limited adaptation, used to overseed putting greens, flat boat shaped tip, sharply creased