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Common Name(s): Carpetgrass
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Perennial
Invasiveness: Weed
Growing Days:
Temperature:

Abs.Max=81° (F)
	Abs.Min=61° (F)

Precipitation: 31 to 161 (in.)
Winter Minimum:
Soil pH: 5 to 6
Soil Texture/Type: Sandy-muck
Soil Drainage: Poor
Photoperiod Response:
Light Intensity:
Comments:
Naturalized in paleotropics.
Diseases:
Rhizoctonia, Helminthosporium/Bipolaris
Uses:
Environ. - erosion control, Animal Food - forage, Weed - possible seed contam.
Woodiness:
Herbaceous
Climate:
Tropical-rainy, subtropical, temperate-wet all seasons
Geographical Origin:
South America, Naturalized elsewhere, North America
 
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