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Bahiagrass – Plant

LATIN NAME
Paspalum notatum

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Introduced

DETAILS:

  • Low-growing and creeping with stolons and stout, scaly rhizomes. Stolons are pressed firmly to the ground, have short internodes, and root freely from the nodes forming a dense sod.
  • Flat, tough-textured leaves are usually hairless, with blades 2-6 mm wide. They are flat, folded, and inrolled, tapering to a fine point. The leaf bases at the terminus of each rhizome usually have a purplish hue.
  • Stems usually reach 20-75 cm tall.
  • Used primarily as a forage.
  • Nutritive value remains high when mature, but it is not very productive.
  • Also valued as an erosion-controlling soil stabilizer, as well as for its productivity, ease of establishment and persistence.
  • Makes a relatively low-maintenance turfgrass as well, with less disease and insect problems than some of the other warm-season grasses.