Grass Parts
This flat, green part of the plant performs most photosynthesis.
What is the leaf blade?
Bunch-type grasses grow in these groups rather than spreading aggressively across the soil.
What are clumps or bunches?
Sod-forming grasses have this growth habit: spreading or clumping only.
What is spreading?
Cool-season grasses grow best during these two seasons.
What are spring and fall?
This ryegrass is commonly used as a nurse grass.
What is annual ryegrass?
This modified stem and growing region is located at the soil surface.
What is the crown?
Identify the bunch-type grass: Bermudagrass or perennial ryegrass.
What is perennial ryegrass?
These above-ground stems help sod-forming grasses spread.
What are stolons?
Warm-season grasses grow most actively during this part of the year.
What is late spring through summer?
Annual ryegrass makes a useful nurse grass because it germinates quickly and provides this.
What is temporary cover?
This horizontal stem grows above ground.
What is a stolon?
Identify the bunch-type grass: tall fescue or centipedegrass.
What is tall fescue?
These below-ground stems help sod-forming grasses spread.
What are rhizomes?
Bermudagrass belongs to this seasonal grass group.
What are warm-season grasses?
This grass is commonly used on golf greens in the Northeast.
What is bentgrass?
This horizontal stem grows below ground.
What is a rhizome?
Bunch-type grasses rely on this process to increase density.
What is tillering?
Identify the grass that spreads by both stolons and rhizomes: annual ryegrass, tall fescue, or Bermudagrass.
What is Bermudagrass?
Perennial ryegrass belongs to this seasonal grass group.
What are cool-season grasses?
Bentgrass is useful on putting greens because it tolerates this maintenance practice.
What is mowing at very low heights?
These new shoots form “daughter plants” and increase turf density.
What are tillers?
Name all three bunch-forming grasses listed on the pre-test.
What are tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, and annual ryegrass?
Name the three sod-forming grasses
What are Bermudagrass, bentgrass, and centipedegrass?
A grass grows most actively in spring and fall.
What is a cool-season grass?
This spreading warm-season grass is commonly used on golf greens in warm climates.
What is Bermudagrass?