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Horticulture 2 6.0 Turf Grass

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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:

a)

Annual Ryegrass

b)

Bermuda

c)

Kentucky Bluegrass

d)

Tall Fescue

2.

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

a)

Tall fescue

b)

Bent grass

c)

Creeping red fescue

d)

Bahia grass

3.

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

a)

Bermuda and Tall Fescue

b)

Centipede and St. Augustine

c)

Kentucky Bluegrass and Tall Fescue

d)

Perennial and Annual Ryegrass

4.

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?

a)

Tall Fescue

b)

Bentgrass

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Bahia grass

5.

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

a)

Bermuda

b)

Centipede

c)

Kentucky bluegrass

d)

St. Augustine

6.

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

a)

Red Fescue

b)

Tall Fescue

c)

Zoysia

d)

Kentucky bluegrass

7.

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

a)

Bermuda

b)

Centipede

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Tall Fescue

8.

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

a)

Centipede

b)

Kentucky bluegrass

c)

Perennial ryegrass

d)

Zoysia

9.

The most commonly used method to start a lawn is:

a)

plugging

b)

seeding

c)

sodding

d)

sprigging

10.

The most expensive method of establishing a lawn is:

a)

plugging

b)

seeding

c)

sodding

d)

sprigging

11.

Applying half of the material in one direction and the other half at a 90-degree angle from the first pass is used when:

a)

plugging

b)

seeding

c)

sodding

d)

sprigging

12.

Butting two strips of grass together in a brick pattern is used when:

a)

plugging

b)

seeding

c)

sodding

d)

sprigging

13.

A seed that has the ability to germinate is known as:

a)

inert

b)

viable

c)

noxious

d)

debris

14.

The main expense when using plugging to establish a lawn is:

a)

fertilizer

b)

labor

c)

pesticides

d)

seeds

15.

The weeds in Suzy's lawn that are hard to control are most likely:

a)

debris

b)

inert

c)

viable

d)

noxious

16.

Conditioning the soil includes:

a)

adding fertilizer and lime

b)

grading the slope

c)

selecting quality grass seeds

d)

sowing grass seeds

17.

The proper time of the year to plant warm-season lawn grasses is:

a)

fall

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

winter

18.

The main difference between sodding and plugging is that sodding uses strips of sod to cover the whole lawn, but plugging starts the lawn by using:

a)

plant runners or cuttings

b)

seeds

c)

small pieces of sod

d)

stolons and sprigs