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Picture by Casey Reynolds, Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research & Education (CENTERE’s) www.turffiles.ncsu.edu website

http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/

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Giant Bamboo

• In the true grass family Poaceae • Definitely not a turf grass

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Pasture

• Is a true grass• Not a Turfgrass

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Two_cows_grazing.jpg

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So What is a turfgrass?

Turfgrass is a species or cultivar of grass, usually of spreading habit, which is maintained as a mowed turf.



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Turfgrass Uses

• Utility - Highways

I-26 curves towards Tennessee. Photo by Brian Reynolds

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Turfgrass Uses

• Utility - Highways

Photo Courtesy of Adam Prince

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Turfgrass Uses

• Utility – Airports

Photo courtesy of SkySite Aerial Photography, Ltd.www.skysiteaerial.com

Photo taken 06-Jun-2006

http://www.skysiteaerial.com/

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Turfgrass Uses

• Home Lawns



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Turfgrass Uses

• Home Lawns



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses



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Turfgrass Uses

• Golf Course – Greens, Fairways, Rough



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Golf coursesPutting greens



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Golf coursesFairways and Rough



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Turfgrass Uses

• Cemeteries, Parks



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Cemeteries



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