Description
Creeping bentgrass is the most widely used cool-season grass on golf course putting greens. It is a fine-textured species that can tolerate close mowing heights and spreads by stolons. This allows it to recover from traffic and golf ball marks. However, it has very high maintenance requirements including fertilization, topdressing, mowing, and frequent fungicide applications, particularly during the summer months.
Species Data
- SEEDHEAD / FLOWER
- seedhead is a compressed panicle; each spikelet is elliptical, with a single seed
- VERNATION TYPE
- leaves rolled in the bud
Figure 1
- leaves rolled in the bud
- LIGULE TYPE
- GROWTH SEASON / LIFE CYCLE
- cool season turf
- AURICLE TYPE
- absent
- LEAF BLADE TIP SHAPE
- sharp-pointed; flat, distinctly ridged upper surface, slightly creased on lower surface, surfaces and edges rough
Figure 4
- sharp-pointed; flat, distinctly ridged upper surface, slightly creased on lower surface, surfaces and edges rough
- LEAF BLADE WIDTH
- 0.08 - 0.2 inches (2 - 5 mm) wide
Figure 5
- 0.08 - 0.2 inches (2 - 5 mm) wide
- STOLON PRESENCE
- present; slender
- RHIZOME PRESENCE
- absent
- COLLAR TYPE
- SHEATH MARGIN
- open
Figure 8
- open
Figure 1. Creeping bentgrass vernation.
Figure 2. Creeping bentgrass ligule.
Figure 3. Creeping bentgrass ligule.
Figure 4. Creeping bentgrass leaf blade tip.
Figure 5. Creeping bentgrass leaf blade width.
Figure 6. Creeping bentgrass collar.
Figure 7. Creeping bentgrass collar.
Figure 8. Creeping bentgrass sheath.
Publication date: Nov. 3, 2017
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