Kind-kind Of Grass

Kind-kind Of Grass

Grass is the most ideal ground cover for the presence of grass on the rest of the land make building a house look more cool and beautiful. All types of grass into the family of plants called GRAMINAE.

There is a genus that comprises 600 ± 7500 species included in this family. In each type of grass varieties apparently have a still different. Even the grass has now been developed for futsal. There are two major groups, namely the hot grass and cold regions. Hot area of ​​grass grows best at temperatures of 27 ° to 35 ° C, to the best in the cold pertumbuha 15 ° C to 24 ° C.

The most popular areas of grass that is heat

a. bermuda grass (Cynodon Rich L.C.)

b. Zoysiagrass (Zoysia Willd)

c. carpetgrass (Axonopus Beauv).

BERMUDA GRASS

Bermuda grass actually grows wild in Indonesia and is better known as grinting grass. Bermuda grass has 10 species, there is Cynodon dactylon usual and there is Cynodon hybrid magennisii. Varieties are numerous and varied, such as the Everglades, Midway Pee Dee, Royal Cape, Texturf 10, Tifdwarf, Tiffine, Tiffgreen, Tiflawn, Tifway, and U-3.

Tifway, Tiffine, Tifgreen and Tifdwarf very popular in Indonesia. The fourth variety is a hybrid derivative of the first (F1) between C. dactylon with C transvaalensis. These four varieties are propagated vegetatively by stolon, not the seed. C. dactylon varieties that can be propagated by seed and commercially available in the market is Guymon, New Mex Sahara, Sonesta, Cheyene, Sundevil. and Arizona Common.

GRASS ZOYSIA

There are five species of Zoysia grass, but three are widely used for landscaping, especially for golf courses. Is the famous Japanese grass (Zoysia japonica) and Manila grass or grass howl (Zoysia matrella). This species is distinguished by the speed of growth, texture and tolerance grow at low temperatures. Japanese grass grows slowly, is textured and tolerant of low temperatures. The most widely grown varieties are Meyer. Emerald varieties are the result of matings between Z japonica with Z. Tenuifolia very tight, dark green and form a beautiful carpet.

GRASS CARPET

This grass has about 70 species, but only two are widely used Axonopus compressus and Axonopus affinis. This grass species such as elephant grass, elephant grass and elephant grass mini mini varigata. This grass is coarse textured, low growing, light green, and adapt to the tropical climate.

While the popular grass for cold regions such as

a. Fescuegrass (Festuca L),

b. bluegrass (Poa L.)

c. Bentgrass (Agrotis L).

FESCUEGRASS

This type of grass has about 100 species or species within the genus Festuca and there are six types of commonly used, especially for golf courses in cold climate countries.

BLUEGRASS

This grass species has more than 200 species. Commonly planted Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) and Canada Bluegrass (Poa compressus). Characteristic of this grass is the tip of the leaves are shaped like a boat and there are bright lines parallel to both sides of the central leaf veins. This variety of grass varieties such as Brunswick, A-34 and Baron. The difference in color, texture, density, tolerance to short pruning, resistance to pests and diseases, and other parameters. In the temperate regions / cold or in tropical highlands, is widely grown grass for athletic fields, parks and golf courses (except green), including for futsal grass.

GRASS BENTGRASS

These grasses possess more than 125 species spread in the countries of temperate and tropical highlands. Commonly used for golf courses such as creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris, A. stolonifera). This species is finely textured. American varieties are popular in Washington (C-50), Toronto (C-15) and Seaside. This grass is propagated vegetatively tend to be more uniform appearance.

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