cool season grasses
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Cool Season Grasses. Cool season grasses are generally NOT adapted to Louisiana . Cool season species green up in the fall, grow best in fall and spring, and go dormant or die with the first sign of heat in the late spring-early summer. They are mostly used as temporary winter cover (overseed). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• Cool season grasses are generally NOT adapted to Louisiana .
• Cool season species green up in the fall, grow best in fall and spring, and go dormant or die with the first sign of heat in the late spring-early summer.
• They are mostly used as temporary winter cover (overseed).
• Some heat tolerant cultivars of Texas Bluegrass and Turf Tall Fescue may grow in north Louisiana with proper culture.
Cool Season Grasses
Cool Season TurfgrassesCool Season Turfgrasses
• Bluegrasses– Poa : pratensis, trivialis, annua .
• Bentgrasses– Agrostis : palustris, tenuis .
• Fescues– Festuca : rubra, arundinacea .
• Ryegrasses– Lolium : perenne, multiflorum .