Reveille Warm
Season Information

 

WARM-SEASON (C4) Turfgrasses

Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon

Buffalograss Buchole dactyloides

Seashore Paspalum Paspalum vaginatum

Reveille
Texas Bluegrass
Poa arachnifera x pratensis

St. Augustinegrass Stenotaphrum secondatum

Zoysiagrass Zoysia japonica,(wide leaf) Z. matrella,(med leaf) Z. tenufolia (fine leaf)

Cultivated varieties (cultivars) as of 2001

10

5

1

20

14

Seeds / pound

1.5 million

340,000

n/a

1.6 to 2 million

450,000

1 million

Description

Leaf texture

medium to fine (1.5 - 3 mm)

fine (1 - 3 mm)

medium

Medium fine

coarse (4 - 10 mm)

medium to fine (1 - 4 mm)

Growth habit

rhizomes & stolons

stolons

stolons, rhizomes

strong rhizomes

stolons

rhizomes & stolons

Polystand compatibility

medium

poor

poor

good

poor

poor

Environmental Adaptation

Heat hardiness

excellent

excellent

excellent

good/excellent

excellent

excellent

Cold hardiness

poor

fair to medium

poor

excellent

poor

medium to very poor

Killing Temperature (Fo)

19

19

23

6

Drought resistance

excellent

excellent

excellent

good

fair

good

Shade adaptation

poor

poor

fair to good

good

excellent

fair to good

Salt tolerance

good

fair

excellent

fair

excellent

good

Wear tolerance

good

medium

good

medium

medium

excellent

Recruperative potential

excellent

good

good

good

good

excellent

Submersion tolerance

excellent

excellent

good

good

excellent

excellent

Establishment

Pounds of Seed/1,000 sq. ft.

2 to 3

0.5 to 1

n/a

1 to 2

0.5 to 1

2 to 4

Optimum Temperature for germination (Fo)

68-95

68-95

n/a

60-90

n/a

68-95

Establishment method

seeded / vegetative

seeded / vegetative

vegetative

seed/vegetative

vegetative

seeded/vegetative

Establishment rate

excellent

medium

poor

good

good

poor

Days to germinate

14-21

14-21

n/a

14-21

n/a

21-28

Growth rate

good-fast

good-fast

slow-good

slow to good

medium fast

slow to fast

Days to first mowing

14-21

30-45

60-90

60-90

n/a

45-60+

Sod formation

excellent

good

good

excellent

excellent

excellent

Cultural Requirements

pH

5.5 to 7.5

6.0 to 7.5

5.5 to 7.5

5.5-8.5

5.0 to 8.0

5.0 to 7.0

Cultural (maintenance) intensity

high

low

medium

low to medium

medium

medium

Cutting height (inches)

0.125 to 3.0

0.5 to 3.0

0.1 to 2.0

.75-3

0.75 to 4.0

0.2 to 2.5

Mowing frequency (days)

1 to 5

3 to 14

1 to 7

7 to 14

7 to 14

1 to 14

Nitrogen (lbs/1000/month)

0.8 to 1.3

0.1 to 0.4

0.3 to 1.0

.10-.25

0.5 to 1.0

0.2 to 1.0

Moisture / irrigation

low

low

high

medium

high

low

Evapotranspiration rate (ET) (mm d-1)

6 - 7

< 6

2.5 - 8.5

3.6-6.3

7 - 8.5

6 - 7

Need For Detatching

high

low

medium

low

high

high

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