In this video, David Lee breaks down the key characteristic's professionals use to tell grass species apart so you can better understand what’s growing in your yard.
We’ll cover important identification features including:
✅ Leaf blade shape and texture
✅ Vernation
✅ Ligules and auricles
✅ Seed head structures
✅ Leaf midvein and leaf tip shape
✅ Growth habits
You’ll also learn the three main grass growth types such as Stolons, Rhizomes, and Bunch types and the three types of seed heads you may see such as Panicle, Spike and Raceme.
To finish, we do a rapid-fire identification of some of the most common cool-season grasses found in lawns:
🌱 Kentucky Bluegrass
🌱 Rough Bluegrass
🌱 Perennial Ryegrass
🌱 Annual Ryegrass
🌱 Fine Fescues
🌱 Tall Fescues
🌱 Creeping Bentgrass