Turfgrass Identification

St. Augustine

Stolon (above), Folded Vernation, Ligule Fringe of Hairs, Leaves with 90 degrees, Warm Season

Tall Fescue

Bunch Type, Rolled Vernation, Short to Long Ligule, Short and Blunt auricle, Prominent Veination, Cool Season

Creeping Bentgrass

Stolons (above), Rolled Vernation, Membranous Ligule, Cool Season

Buffalograss

Stolons (above), Rolled Vernation, Fringe of Hairs, Light Green, Warm Season

Kentucky Bluegrass

Rhizomes (under), Folded Vernation, Short and Membranous Ligule, Boat-shaped tip, Cool Season

Perennial ryegrass

Bunch-Type, Folded, Vernation, Short and Membranous Ligule, Small or Absent Auricle, Shiny Backside, Cool Season

Annual Ryegrass

Bunch-Type, Rolled Vernation, Short and Membranous Ligule, Claw-like Auricle, Shiny Backside, Cool Season

Centipedegrass

Fringe of hairs, folded vernation, cottony ligule, hairs on side of the base of the leaf

Carpetgrass

Blunt leaf tip, few hairs at base, stoloniferous, folded vernation, few hairs at ligule

Common Bermudagrass

Folded vernation, pointed leaf tip, stoloniferous and rhizotomous

Fine Fescue

folded vernation, fine textured, bunch type, no auricle, membranous ligule

Annual Bluegrass

Bunch type, folded vernation, membranous ligule

Zoysia Matrella

Fine texture leaf, Rhizomatous and Stoloniferous, Hairy Ligule, no auricle

Bahaigrass

course texture, stoloniferous and rhizomatous, membranous ligule, no auricle

Kikuyagrass

Course texture, stoloniferous and rhizomatous, hairy ligule, no auricle, rapid growth rate

Side Oats Gramma

Wide leaf blade, hairy margins, bunch type growth, hairy ligule

Blue Gramma

Fine texture, long hairs at collar, no auricle, truncated ligule

Zoysia Japonica

Medium Texture, Rhizomatous and Stoloniferous, Hairy ligule, No Auricle