Common Name: creeping bentgrass
Scientific Name: Agrostis stolonifera L., syn. Agrostis palustris
Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping stolons

culms -erect from prostrate and low growing growth habit, winter habit, stem hat-racking

leaves - blades light green, thin, tips pointed, veins above prominent, rolled in the bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, thin, tall, pointed, finely toothed or rounded leaves

seedheads - open panicle, green or pale purplish

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