Grass recognition - Vegatative grasses

19 important questions on Grass recognition - Vegatative grasses

What are examples of fodder grasses?

- Perennial and Italian rye grass
- Timothy
- Tall fescue
- Cocksfoot
- Palisade-, Ruzi-, Naiper-, Guinea - grass
- Vetiver

What are examples of turf grasses?

- Perennial rye grass
- Tall fescue, red fescue
- Smooth (stalked) meadow grass

What kind of charasteristics can grasses have?

- Annual
- Biennial
- Perennial
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What are the charesteristics of red fescue leaf sheath?

has a closed leaf sheath

What are the characteristics of the hard fescue leaf sheath?

Open sheath

What is the leave of lolium perenne (perrenial rye)?

Folded

What is the leaf of italian rye?

Rolled

What are the characteristics of timothee/phleum pratens?

No oracles, folded, leaf blade turns

What are the characteristics of dactylis glomerata/ cocksfoot?

Large ligule, no oracles, young blade comes out foled

What are the characcteristics of fescue/ festuca arundulale?

Hairs on oracles, rolled and shiny

What are the characteristics of poa pratensis/smooth stalked meadow grass?

Usually used on laws, have a prow tip

What are the characteristics of festuca rubra/red fescue?

Rolled leaf, nou oracles, small ligule, ornamental grass, no treading, shadow resistant

What are the characteristics of agrostis capillaris?

Used on golf courses, rolled leaf, pointen, very fine

What are the characteristics of brachiaria brizantha?

Hairy, on the blade, orgcles and legule

What are the characteristics of brachiaria ruzizensis?

Nodes don't have hairs

What are the characteristics of pennisetum purpureum?

Cattle in africa, robus, long hairs, has a very clear mid rib

What are the characteristics of panicum maximum?

Very long hairs around ligule, upper and lower side of leaf blade have very short hairs

What are the characteristics of vvetiverzia zizinioudes?

Tough grass, a lot of tiller, good erosion preventer. Folded, shiny lower side of leaf

What is the difference in festuca rubra?

Presence of rhyzomes

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