Landscaping Turf & Management
Turfgrass - ✔✔ correct answer a collection of grass plants that form a ground cover.
Crown - ✔✔ correct answer the short or compacted stem of a grass plant.
Tiller - ✔✔ correct answer a shoot that develops alongside the parent shoot.
Bunch-type - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads by tillers that
form a cluster or bunch around the mother plant.
Stoloniferous - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads horizontally by
above ground lateral shoots that arise from buds in the crown.
Rhizomatous - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads horizontally by
underground lateral shoots that arise from buds in the crown.
Vernation - ✔✔ correct answer the arrangement of the youngest leaf in the leaf bud, usually
folded or rolled.
Leaf Sheath - ✔✔ correct answer the lower portion of a grass leaf that has a tubular shape
which wraps around the stem.
Ligule - ✔✔ correct answer A membranous or hairy structure on the inside of a leaf at the
junction of the leaf blade and the sheath.
Collar - ✔✔ correct answer a light-colored band between the leaf blade and sheath on the
outside side of the leaf where the leaf blade and the leaf sheath meet.
Turfgrass - ✔✔ correct answer a collection of grass plants that form a ground cover.
Crown - ✔✔ correct answer the short or compacted stem of a grass plant.
Tiller - ✔✔ correct answer a shoot that develops alongside the parent shoot.
Bunch-type - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads by tillers that
form a cluster or bunch around the mother plant.
Stoloniferous - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads horizontally by
above ground lateral shoots that arise from buds in the crown.
Rhizomatous - ✔✔ correct answer a growth habit in which the turfgrass spreads horizontally by
underground lateral shoots that arise from buds in the crown.
Vernation - ✔✔ correct answer the arrangement of the youngest leaf in the leaf bud, usually
folded or rolled.
Leaf Sheath - ✔✔ correct answer the lower portion of a grass leaf that has a tubular shape
which wraps around the stem.
Ligule - ✔✔ correct answer A membranous or hairy structure on the inside of a leaf at the
junction of the leaf blade and the sheath.
Collar - ✔✔ correct answer a light-colored band between the leaf blade and sheath on the
outside side of the leaf where the leaf blade and the leaf sheath meet.
