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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 some areas. In typical savanna climates with warm wet and dry seasons, such as southern Florida , zoysia grasses grow during the warm-wet summer and are dormant ...
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 ...
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 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.
Zoysia macrantha, the prickly couch, is a type of grass. It is a creeping perennial plant found near the coastal dunes and inland salt marsh habitats in South Eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognized, Zoysia macrantha subsp. macrantha and Zoysia macrantha subsp. walshii. The specific epithet macrantha is derived from Greek, meaning ...
Pages in category "Zoysia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are currently the most widespread plant type; grass is a valuable source of food and energy for all sorts of wildlife. A cladogram shows subfamilies and approximate species numbers in brackets: [14]