| Identifying Characteristices |
| Stolons |
present |
| Rhizomes |
absent |
| Leaves |
folded
in the bud |
| Ligule |
a
short membrane with short hairs across the top |
| Collar |
broad,
much constricted, hairy |
| Auricles |
absent |
| Sheaths |
compressed,
flattened, hairs at the edges near the ligule, a prominent mid-vein |
| Blades |
compressed
or flattened, short, less than 1/4
inch wide, strong mid-vein, sparsely hairy along
the edges |
| Seedhead |
a
slender spike |
| Spikelets |
broad
at the base tapering to a rounded tip, a single seed |
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| Tolerance Table |
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| Recommendations |
| Mowing Height: |
1
to 2 inches |
| Establishment: |
Sod,
Sprig |
| Fertilization: |
1
to 2 lbs/ 1000 ft2/ Year |
| Adaptation: |
Statewide
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| General Description |
| A Dark green, low growing perennial that creeps by slender,
flat, leafy stolens. It forms a desirable turf from North
Carolina south through Georgia and North Florida and then
westward around the Gulf into Arkansas and Texas. |
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| Current Articles |
| Centipedegrass Cultivation | | | | PDF |
| Centipedegrass Lawn Calendar | | | | PDF |
| Centipedegrass Lawn Management | | UGA Coop. Ext. Ser. Leaflet 313 | HTML | PDF |
| Suggested Weed Control for Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass and Zoysiagrass Sod Fields | | Weed | HTML |
PDF |
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| Common Problems |
| Spittlebugs |
| Centipedegrass Decline |
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| Popular Cultivars |
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| Centipedegrass |
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| Dormant
Centipedegrass |
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