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Cool season grasses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tall Fescue | Festuca arundinacea rolled Vernation membranous ligule Bunch, Rhizomatous deeply riged blade with a promient midrib |
| Fine Fescue | Festuca rubra/ ssp. rubra folded vernation membraneous ligule bunch type very thin/ narrow blade |
| Creeping bentgrass | Agrostis stolonifera rolled vernation membranous ligule flat blade / slightly creased on the lower surface stoloniferous used on golf greens and a very high maintenance grass soft blades |
| Perennial ryegrass | Lolium perenne folded vernation membraneous ligule bright green blade with a glossy lower surface bunch type used on football fields |
| Annual ryegrass | Lolium multiflorum rolled vernation membranous ligule thin really bright green blade with a dull upper surface and glossy lower surface bunch type used on golf course fairways in the winter |
| Kentucky Bluegrass | Poa pratensis folded vernation membranous ligule boat shaped blade tip two distinct "light lines" one on each side of the midrib when held up to light rhizomatous high quality grass/ woody base |