Sports turf & amenity grasses: a manual for use and identification / D.E. Aldous and I.H. Chivers ; colour illustrations by Enid Mayfield.
By: Aldous, David
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Contributor(s): Chivers, I. H. (Ian H.).
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BookPublisher: Collingwood, Vic. : Land Links, c2002Description: viii, 112 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0643066667.Other title: Sports turf and amenity grasses.Subject(s): Turfgrasses -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Turf management -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 635.9642 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved with the selection and maintenance of grasses used in sports and amenity areas in all areas. It provides a means to identify these grasses through keys, descriptions and photographs, and also provides detailed information on sowing, oversowing, stolonising and mowing heights.
The performance of each grass is assessed and detailed comments made on positive and negative aspects of its use. A grass's tolerance to high temperature, frost, drought, shade, wet soil, salinity, low soil fertility, wear and close mowing is given in a table with each aspect rated. Further comments are made on how well it combines with particular grasses and on issues such as seedling vigour and sowing times.
Includes bibliographical references (p. viii) and index.
Turfgrass identification -- Key to common turfgrasses -- Major sports turf and amenity grasses. Cool season grasses -- Warm season grasses -- Minor sports turf and amenity grasses. Cool season grasses -- Warm season grasses.
CIT Module AGRI 6015- Core reading
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- About the authors (p. iv)
- Preface (p. v)
- Major sports turf and amenity grasses (p. vi)
- Minor sports turf and amenity grasses (p. vii)
- Further reading (p. viii)
- Helpful links (p. viii)
- Turfgrass identification (p. 1)
- Turfgrass terminology (p. 1)
- Terms (p. 2)
- Using a visual turfgrass key (p. 3)
- Key to common turfgrasses (p. 4)
- Major Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses (p. 25)
- Cool season grasses
- Agrostis capillaris Browntop bentgrass (p. 26)
- Agrostis stolonifera Creeping bentgrass (p. 28)
- Festuca arundinacea Tall fescue (p. 30)
- Festuca longifolia Hard fescue (p. 32)
- Festuca rubra ssp. commutata Chewing's fescue (p. 34)
- Festuca rubra ssp. rubra Red fescue (p. 36)
- Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass (p. 38)
- Poa annua Annual bluegrass (p. 40)
- Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass (p. 42)
- Poa trivialis Rough stemmed bluegrass (p. 44)
- Warm season grasses
- Axonopus affinis Narrow-leaf carpetgrass (p. 46)
- Axonopus compressus Broad-leaf Carpet grass (p. 48)
- Buchloe dactyloides Buffalo grass (p. 50)
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass (p. 52)
- Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis Hybrid bermudagrass (p. 54)
- Dactyloctenium australe Durban grass (p. 56)
- Digitaria didactyla Queensland blue couch (p. 58)
- Eremochloa ophiurodies Centipede grass (p. 60)
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass (p. 62)
- Paspalum notatum Bahia grass (p. 64)
- Paspalum vaginatum Seashore paspalum (p. 66)
- Pennisetum clandestinum Kikuyu grass (p. 68)
- Stenotaphrum secundatum St Augustine grass (p. 70)
- Zoysia japonica Japanese lawngrass (p. 72)
- Zoysia matrella Manila grass (p. 74)
- Zoysia tenuifolia Korean lawngrass (p. 76)
- Minor Sports turf and Amenity Grasses (p. 79)
- Cool season grasses
- Agrostis alba Redtop bentgrass (p. 80)
- Agrostis canina ssp. canina Velvet bentgrass (p. 81)
- Austrodanthonia spp. Wallaby grass (p. 82)
- Bromus catharticus Prairie grass (p. 83)
- Cynosurus cristatus Crested dog's tail grass (p. 84)
- Dactylis glomerata Orchard grass (p. 85)
- Ehrharta calycina Perennial veldt grass (p. 86)
- Elytrigia repens Twitch grass (p. 87)
- Festuca ovina Sheep fescue (p. 88)
- Festuca pratensis Meadow fescue (p. 89)
- Holcus lanatus Meadow softgrass (p. 90)
- Lolium multiflorum Italian ryegrass (p. 91)
- Microlaena stipoides Weeping grass (p. 92)
- Phleum pratense Timothy grass (p. 93)
- Poa compressa Canada bluegrass (p. 94)
- Poa pratensis x P. arachnifera Reveille bluegrass (p. 95)
- Poa supina Supina bluegrass (p. 96)
- Puccinellia distans Alkali grass (p. 97)
- Warm season grasses
- Bothriochloa macra Red grass (p. 98)
- Chloris gayana Rhodes grass (p. 99)
- Chloris truncata Windmill grass (p. 100)
- Chloris ventricosa Tall chloris (p. 101)
- Cynodon nlemfuensis African stargrass (p. 102)
- Cynodon transvaalensis South African bermudagrass (p. 103)
- Eragrostis cilianensis Spreading lovegrass (p. 104)
- Panicum laxum Lax panic grass (p. 105)
- Panicum repens Torpedo grass (p. 106)
- Paspalum distichum Mercer grass (p. 107)
- Paspalum nicorae Brunswick grass (p. 108)
- Sporobolus virginicus Marine couch (p. 109)
- Zoysia macrantha Prickly couch (p. 110)
- Index (p. 111)