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Zoysia japonica (commonly known as Korean lawngrass, [1] zoysia grass or Japanese lawngrass) is a species of creeping, mat-forming, short perennial grass that grows by both rhizomes and stolons. [2] [3] It is native to the coastal grasslands of southeast Asia and Indonesia. [4] The United States was first introduced to Z. japonica in 1895.
Zoysia grasses stop erosion on slopes, and are excellent at repelling weeds throughout the year. [11] They resist disease and hold up well under traffic. [12] The cultivar Zoysia 'Emerald' (Emerald Zoysia), a hybrid between Z. japonica and Z. tenuifolia, [13] is particularly popular. Some types of zoysia are available commercially as sod in ...
This zoysia has a moderate cold tolerance and can be damaged by hard freezes and is not hardy in transition zones. Emerald Zoysia is a very slow growing lawn grass. Zoysia grasses are generally slower growing than Bermuda and St. Augustine, with Emerald Zoysia being one of the slowest growing Zoysia grasses.
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China (Guangdong, Hainan) south through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Australia (northeast Queensland), and west to the Cocos ...
Z. japonica may refer to: Zostera japonica , a seagrass species in the genus Zostera Zoysia japonica , a creeping grass species in the genus Zoysia native to southeastern and eastern Asia
Zoysia tenuifolia is a type of grass originally thought to be one of the native grass type to the Mascarene Island. [1] [2] The epithet tenuifolia is commonly used to describe plant specimens in Mascarene Islands and Zoysia tenuifolia is also called Mascarene grass. Korean grass is another common name for this species.
I am gathering information on Zoysia japonica. I have found these books to be good sources: Sika Deer: Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations, Turfgrass Biology, Genetics, and Breeding, Turfgrass Maintenance Reduction Handbook: Sports, Lawns, and Golf, Turfgrasses: Their Management and Use in the Southern Zone, Second Edition, Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Forage ...
Zoysia; Synonyms; Spartineae Steele (1847) Sporoboleae Stapf (1898) Zoysieae is a tribe of grasses in subfamily Chloridoideae, with around 250 species in four genera.