[Ecks from Tex]

you likely have carpetgrass. Runner up is St. Augustine, which is basically the same thing. it could be centipede grass, but if that's the case then you can't rule out palmetto buffalo grass either.

Who has crapetgrass? Me or FlaDave?

You. Fladave looks more like centipede

 

[ccanad]

you likely have carpetgrass. Runner up is St. Augustine, which is basically the same thing. it could be centipede grass, but if that's the case then you can't rule out palmetto buffalo grass either.

Quick google search, it doesn't appear to be carpetgrass.

LCN thinks it's a thin blade St Aug variety. Maybe bitter blue or seville...

 

[Ecks from Tex]

you likely have carpetgrass. Runner up is St. Augustine, which is basically the same thing. it could be centipede grass, but if that's the case then you can't rule out palmetto buffalo grass either.

Quick google search, it doesn't appear to be carpetgrass.

LCN thinks it's a thin blade St Aug variety. Maybe bitter blue or seville...

There are very few differences between St. Augustine and Carpetgrass (and also centipede). Carpetgrass is basically a thin-blade version of St. Augustine. Just like Charleston Grass is just another name for the same thing. In many parts of Texas they are considered the same type of grass although that is not technically correct. Carpetgrass has some differences, but they are not usually visually distinguishable.

Seville is possible, but it's not that common in sod farms due to cold tolerance.

Frankly I don't think it matters. You treat both of them the same, so call it St. Aug and call it done.

**edit: here's a picture of carpet grass. You notice how the tip is not blunt, but comes to a point. That is the main difference, and the likely reason why your grass is carpetgrass. It could be an uncommon st. aug variety, but I would still call that a runner-up pick.

 

[Green]

Definitely not a warm season grass expert, though I know what Zoysia and St. Aug look like in person. Initially I was thinking Zoysia. I do not think that now, though, because if I zoom in, it does not look like Zoysia (there are people with Zoysia in my neighborhood), but looks more similar in structure (not blade width) to St. Aug. So I think LCN and those who said Carpetgrass/St. Aug. nailed it. Just a cool season guy's opinion.

So, is Carpetgrass considered to be in the St. Augustine family? Like how Tall Fescue is in the Ryegrass family...

 

[Ecks from Tex]

So, is Carpetgrass considered to be in the St. Augustine family? Like how Tall Fescue is in the Ryegrass family...

Exactly - or at least that's my understanding. Where St. Aug became popular in the USA in places like Florida, SC, GA, etc., I am fairly sure turf pros would shun you for life for calling carpetgrass "St. Augustine." But people mistake the two in Texas and Louisiana all the time and most varieties are virtually indistinguishable to even DIY enthusiasts. Some carpetgrass can grow by seed is one difference. Some carpetgrass looks a lot more like centipede and is sold in seed and plug form as a carpetgrass/centipede mix. And as Colonel Corn mentioned earlier, carpetgrass and St. Augustine have different herbicide tolerances (some varieties do not).

 

[Green]

Some carpetgrass looks a lot more like centipede and is sold in seed and plug form as a carpetgrass/centipede mix. And as Colonel Corn mentioned earlier, carpetgrass and St. Augustine have different herbicide tolerances (some varieties do not).

I still don't know for sure what my former gf's family had...it looked like St. Aug. kind of, but not really...I thought maybe it was Centipede. Someone in her family said Bermuda, and he was a landscaper who had never heard of KBG, Fescue, or Rye, but I think he was referring to the other 1/3 of the mix (two grass types plus weeds).

Maybe Carpetgrass.

I know Tenacity can be used on St. Aug., even if not labeled for residential lawns...thought that was pretty cool.

St. Aug is cool, but I'm not going to grow it unless I live on the gulf someday. And Virginia Beach is about the furthest North you can get away with it, I hear. We have cool season wide bladed KY-31 Fescue that looks almost identical and is super tough as an option, but without the self repair from stolons of St. Aug. Hardly anyone into lawns uses it, but a few guys on here have lawns they planted with it, like Powhatan in VA.

I would be interested in learning exactly how St. Aug, Centipede, and Carpetgrass are related.

 

[ccanad]

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[ccanad]

I finally added some more pictures of what has been growing in a remote part of my yard.

Any idea exactly what this is?

 

[FlaDave]

I'm no expert by any means but most of that looks like zoysia to me. #4, 6, &7 look like torpedograss I think.

 

[Spammage]

What a mix. 1, 5 and the look like centipede, 2 is St Augustine, 4 is bermuda, 6, 7, 8, and 10 look like zoysia, and 9 looks like nimble will.

 

[ccanad]

Yeah, when uploading the pictures, it looks like it changed the order, so they are all out of sorts.

Let me give a little bit more clarity...

Pictures #1, #4, #7, #9, #11: All came from the same place, in the mulch bed under my maple tree. There is some bermuda growing around there, but this looks a little different, so I was thinking torpedo or something similar...

Pictures #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #10: These are all the same. Very different than those above. I've been told it may be type of St Aug, but its definitely not Floratam, imo...