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Broad-leaved carpet grass

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Scientific Name
Axonopus compressus
Pest Alias
carpet grass; broadleaf carpet grass; tropical carpet grass; blanket grass; savanna grass
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Genus:
Axonopus
Species:
Axonopus compressus

Axonopus compressus is a species of grass. It is often used as a permanent pasture, groundcover, and turf in moist, low fertility soils, particularly in shaded situations. It is generally too low-growing to be useful in cut-and-carry systems or for fodder conservation.

While not optimal, it is occasionally used for football fields especially those which are not for elite competitions or where only a low level of maintenance can be done.

Taxonomy

Axonopus compressus is known by several common names including broadleaf carpetgrass,[1] carpet-grass,[2] American carpet grass, tropical carpet grass, blanket grass, lawn grass, Louisiana grass, savanna grass, and Kearsney grass.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Axonopus compressus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

 

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Broad-leaved carpet grass

Axonopus compressus
Scientific Name
Axonopus compressus
Pest Alias
carpet grass; broadleaf carpet grass; tropical carpet grass; blanket grass; savanna grass
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Genus:
Axonopus
Species:
Axonopus compressus

Axonopus compressus is a species of grass. It is often used as a permanent pasture, groundcover, and turf in moist, low fertility soils, particularly in shaded situations. It is generally too low-growing to be useful in cut-and-carry systems or for fodder conservation.

While not optimal, it is occasionally used for football fields especially those which are not for elite competitions or where only a low level of maintenance can be done.

Taxonomy

Axonopus compressus is known by several common names including broadleaf carpetgrass,[1] carpet-grass,[2] American carpet grass, tropical carpet grass, blanket grass, lawn grass, Louisiana grass, savanna grass, and Kearsney grass.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Axonopus compressus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Axonopus compressus", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.