Horticulture 2 6.0 Turf Grass

A warm-season grass that grows from both stolons and rhizomes and has fine-textured leaves that vary in color from light green to dark green is:

• Annual Ryegrass

• Bermuda

• Kentucky Bluegrass

• Tall Fescue

What is the best running-type grass for Malik to plant in a shady area of his lawn?

• Tall fescue

• Bent grass

• Creeping red fescue

• Bahia grass

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Two warm-season grasses that do not grow well in "high-traffic" areas are:

• Bermuda and Tall Fescue

• Centipede and St. Augustine

• Kentucky Bluegrass and Tall Fescue

• Perennial and Annual Ryegrass

Which cool-season grass is used on golf greens but requires cooling fans on the greens during the hot weather of summer in the South?

• Tall Fescue

• Bentgrass

• St. Augustine

• Bahia grass

Which cool-season grass grows from rhizomes and has fine-textured, medium- to dark-green leaves?

• Bermuda

• Centipede

• Kentucky bluegrass

• St. Augustine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What warm-season grass, produced by stolons and rhizomes, grows best in the eastern and coastal Piedmont areas?

• Red Fescue

• Tall Fescue

• Zoysia

• Kentucky bluegrass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A cool-season grass that has coarse-textured, medium-green leaves and bunch-type growth is:

• Bermuda

• Centipede

• St. Augustine

• Tall Fescue

Which warm-season grass grows from stolons and has medium-textured light green leaves?

• Centipede

• Kentucky bluegrass

• Perennial ryegrass

• Zoysia

The most commonly used method to start a lawn is:

• plugging

• seeding

• sodding

• sprigging

The most expensive method of establishing a lawn is:

• plugging

• seeding

• sodding

• sprigging