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Since the 1950s and early 1960s, 90% of Kentucky bluegrass seed in the United States has been produced on specialist farms in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. During the 1990s [citation needed] botanists began experimenting with hybrids of Poa pratensis and Texas bluegrass (P. arachnifera), with the goal of creating a drought and heat-resistant ...
These species, commonly called zoysia or zoysiagrass, are found in coastal areas or grasslands. [5] It is a popular choice for fairways and teeing areas at golf courses. The genus is named after the Slovenian botanist Karl von Zois (1756–1799).
Before European-American settlement, various cultures of Indigenous peoples of the Americas lived in the region. The pre-colonization state of the Bluegrass is poorly known, but it is thought to have been a type of savannah known as oak savanna, with open grassland containing clover, giant river cane (a type of bamboo), and scattered enormous trees, primarily bur oak, blue ash, Shumard's oak ...
Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass. Poa ( πόα ) is Greek for ' fodder '. Poa are members of the subfamily Pooideae of the family Poaceae .
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is a grass native to Europe or the Middle East. It was likely carried to Midwestern United States in the early 1600s by French missionaries and spread via the waterways to the region around Kentucky. However, it may also have spread across the Appalachian Mountains after an introduction on the east coast.
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, c. 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
Five things you need to know from the No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats’ 88-68 win over the Florida A&M Rattlers in the Unity Series at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center:. 1. So far in 2022-23, there’s ...
Pooideae, including wheat, barley, oats, brome-grass , reed-grasses (Calamagrostis) and many lawn and pasture grasses such as bluegrass (Poa) Setaria verticillata from Panicoideae. Bambusoideae, including bamboo; Ehrhartoideae, including rice and wild rice; Aristidoideae, including Aristida; Arundinoideae, including giant reed and common reed