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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 ...
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 ...
Image Source Flag: The Flag of Kentucky: Kentucky's flag has a navy blue background with the Seal of Kentucky in the middle. 1928 [2] [3] Latin motto: Deo gratiam habeamus "Let us be grateful to God" 2002 — [4] Motto: United we stand, divided we fall: 1942 — [4] Nickname: The Bluegrass State The bluegrass that grows in the state's pasture ...
Bluegrass (grass), several species of grasses of the genus Poa Kentucky bluegrass ( Poa pratensis ), one well-known species of the genus Not to be confused with Blue grama grass ( Bouteloua gracilis ), another species of grass.
Poa annua, or annual meadow grass (known in America more commonly as annual bluegrass or simply poa), is a widespread low-growing turfgrass in temperate climates. Notwithstanding the reference to annual plant in its name, perennial bio-types do exist. [2] This grass originated as a hybrid between Poa supina and Poa infirma. [3]
Muldraugh Hill is an escarpment in Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, and Nelson counties of central Kentucky [1] separating the Bluegrass on the north and north-east from the Pennyrile on the south and south-west. This escarpment fades into the Pottsville Escarpment on the east and terminates at the Ohio River in the west.
Poaceae (/ p oʊ ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-s i aɪ / poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae (/ ɡ r ə ˈ m ɪ n i. iː,-n i aɪ / grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Some of these turf grass species include annual bluegrass, creeping bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fine fescue, and bermudagrass. 5 These species of grass are not the only types of turf that can be diagnosed with red thread disease but are the most common hosts. 5 Noticeable symptoms of red thread disease are irregular ...