Agrostis scabra -- (Rough Bentgrass)


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 Scientific Name:  Agrostis scabra
 Common Name:  Rough Bentgrass
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Early Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Contracting Only
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  90
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  Medium
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Bunch
 Growth Habit:  Grass
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  2.5
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 pH (Maximum):  8
 pH (Minimum):  6
 Precipitation (Minimum):  14
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  12
 Salt Tolerance:  Low
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  5000000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -38
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Uses:  Fodder
 Category:  Monocot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Liliopsida
 Order:  Cyperales
 Family:  Poaceae
 Genus:  Agrostis

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