Identify Common Lawn Varieties

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I've run into this problem and I'm sure others will too:

I want to know what variety of lawn I've got.

Knowing your lawn type is important for: watering, PH levels, fertiliser, etc. And if you didn't plant it (like me), how do you know what you've got?

To be generic enough for general consumption:

Cover common lawn varieties - Couch, Bermuda, Buffalo, Kikuyu, Fescue, etc.
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Have short description on how to identify (rather than care for) the the lawn.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 17 '12 at 02:33

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There is a site called thelawnguide.com.au which describes and shows small pictures of commonly used lawn grasses in Australia, not sure how much use it'll be, but can't find anything else.

edited Sep 17 '12 at 02:33

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answered Sep 14 '12 at 11:57

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '12 at 20:07

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It depends what country you're in. I had a book called "Be your own lawn expert" by David Gerald Hessayon. It shows the UK varieties (Bent, fescue, meadow grass, Rye) and you can identify them by the shape of the leaf base

answered Oct 04 '12 at 20:07

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Identify Common Lawn Varieties

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