- What To Know About Turf Grass - The Family Handyman
What's the common denominator in nearly every yard? Turf grass Find out what's so special about this ubiquitous landscape feature
- Turfgrass Types, Comparisons The Science of Turfgrass Management
Turfgrass Types Information What is Turfgrass? Turfgrass is a broad umbrella term that covers a broad spectrum of grass species with narrow leaves used as a low-growing perennial ground cover on lawns, sports fields, and golf courses They can generally stand up to high traffic well and tolerate lower mowing heights than other grasses
- Types of Lawn Grass: Identification Guide to Sod Types (Pictures)
Knowing how to identify and choose the right type of lawn grass is vital to get a lush, healthy turfgrass in your yard Different types of grass are suitable for various climates—warm-season grasses and cool-season grasses If you need to improve the look of your garden landscape and lawn, grass identification is essential to reseed the sod with a similar type of grass
- The Cool-Season Turfgrasses: Basic Structures, Growth and Development
This article covers the basic structures of grass plants, how they grow and develop, and how to identify the different species of cool-season turfgrasses
- Turfgrass and Water Efficiency - US EPA
The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is a cooperative effort between the non-profit NTEP, Inc , and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) The Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance (TWCA) is a non-profit organization seeking to improve the water efficiency of turfgrass
- Turfgrass: Benefits, Types and Care Guidelines - Wikifarmer
Economic benefits: In 2002, the United States turfgrass industry generated about $57 9 billion in revenue and provided about 822,849 jobs (Haydu et al , 2006) These include sod farms, lawn care services, golf courses, sports turf, lawn equipment manufacturing, and garden retail stores
- Home | Turfgrass Information Center
The Turfgrass Information Center houses the most comprehensive publicly-available collection of turfgrass research and educational materials in the world, and has also continuously produced the Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) database since 1983 The TGIF database contains more than a quarter million records, with over 60% of those records linking the user directly to the full-text of the
- Turfgrasses | NC State Extension
Turfgrass is the most widely-grown ornamental crop in the southern United States Of the two million acres of turfgrass grown in North Carolina, single family homes account for about 60%, with acreage concentrated in the population centers of the state Turfgrass is also used on sod farms, athletic fields, roadsides, golf courses, and parkland, and
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