Cool Season Grasses

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Cool season grasses are generally NOT adapted to Louisiana . Cool season species green up in the fall, grow best in fall and spring, and go dormant or die with the first sign of heat in the late spring-early summer. They are mostly used as temporary winter cover (overseed). Some heat tolerant cultivars of Texas Bluegrass and Turf Tall Fescue may grow in north Louisiana with proper culture. Cool Season Grasses

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Cool Season Grasses. Cool season grasses are generally NOT adapted to Louisiana . Cool season species green up in the fall, grow best in fall and spring, and go dormant or die with the first sign of heat in the late spring-early summer. They are mostly used as temporary winter cover (overseed). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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• Cool season grasses are generally NOT adapted to Louisiana .

• Cool season species green up in the fall, grow best in fall and spring, and go dormant or die with the first sign of heat in the late spring-early summer.

• They are mostly used as temporary winter cover (overseed).

• Some heat tolerant cultivars of Texas Bluegrass and Turf Tall Fescue may grow in north Louisiana with proper culture.

Cool Season Grasses

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• Bluegrasses– Poa : pratensis, trivialis, annua .

• Bentgrasses– Agrostis : palustris, tenuis .

• Fescues– Festuca : rubra, arundinacea .

• Ryegrasses– Lolium : perenne, multiflorum .