TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
•Can cause spontaneous abortions in pregnant mares
•Other health problems in animals
•Related to alkaloids produced by the fungi - Answer-Drawback of Endophytes?
-Rebel series
-Falcon series
-Bulldog 51
-Hounddog
-"Artist series:" Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Leonardo - Answer-What are some turf type
tall fescues?
•Titan series
•Grande Series
•RTF - Answer-What are some Tall fescues with Rhizomes?
Jessup, Georgia 5 (Tall Fescue) - Answer--MaxQ is name of endophyte
-Mostly marketed for pasture, can be used for turf
Festuca rubra - Answer-Creeping red fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata - Answer-Chewings fescue
Festuca ovina - Answer-Sheep fescue
Festuca brevipila - Answer-Hard fescue
Fine Fescues - Answer-Good shade tolerance - among the best of all grasses
Creeping red Fescue - Answer-What is the only fine Fescue without a bunch type
growth habit?
True - Answer-T/F Fine Fescues are relatively slow growing.
Low to moderate - Answer-What are the N requirements for fine Fescues?
True - Answer-T/F Fine Fescues are drought tolerant for Cool season grasses?
9-10 inches - Answer-How tall do Fine Fescues get to be if left un-mowed?
Hard Fescue - Answer-? Fescue is popular for erosion control.
, Roughs, occasionally fairways - Answer-Where on golf courses are fine Fescues used?
Shady areas - Answer-Where are Fine Fescues used in a transition zones?
•Disease pressure is high
•Heat
•Overtaken by warm season plants - Answer-Major Disadvantages in Transition Zone
for Fine Fescues?
Creeping Red Fescue - Answer-•Go-to grass for shade mixes
•Sometimes found in northern Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
•More common the further north (and higher in elevation) you go
Creeping Red Fescue - Answer-Only fine fescue with a creeping habit - makes relatively
short rhizomes
2.5 '' or lower - Answer-What height is red Fescue normally mowed at?
Lolium multiflorum - Answer-Annual or Italian Ryegrass
Lolium perenne - Answer-Perennial Ryegrass
Lolium hybridum - Answer-Intermediate Ryegrass (Hybrid between Annual & Perennial)
Ryegrass - Answer-Has decent shade tolerance and not so great drought tolerance.
Regenerating Perennial ryegrass - Answer-Ryegrass doesn't have rhizome or stolons
except this one has short stolons.
False (Very poor disease resistance) - Answer-T/F Ryegrass has great disease
resistance.
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-• Cheap, plentiful seed that germinates very quickly (2-5
days)
• Medium to coarse texture
• Light green color
• Big Honking auricles
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Often used as a temporary ground cover when need to plant
in cool weather
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Can be used as permanent turf up north but not preferred in
mixes because of its texture and color
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Cheap overseed in dormant warm season turf
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
•Can cause spontaneous abortions in pregnant mares
•Other health problems in animals
•Related to alkaloids produced by the fungi - Answer-Drawback of Endophytes?
-Rebel series
-Falcon series
-Bulldog 51
-Hounddog
-"Artist series:" Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Leonardo - Answer-What are some turf type
tall fescues?
•Titan series
•Grande Series
•RTF - Answer-What are some Tall fescues with Rhizomes?
Jessup, Georgia 5 (Tall Fescue) - Answer--MaxQ is name of endophyte
-Mostly marketed for pasture, can be used for turf
Festuca rubra - Answer-Creeping red fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata - Answer-Chewings fescue
Festuca ovina - Answer-Sheep fescue
Festuca brevipila - Answer-Hard fescue
Fine Fescues - Answer-Good shade tolerance - among the best of all grasses
Creeping red Fescue - Answer-What is the only fine Fescue without a bunch type
growth habit?
True - Answer-T/F Fine Fescues are relatively slow growing.
Low to moderate - Answer-What are the N requirements for fine Fescues?
True - Answer-T/F Fine Fescues are drought tolerant for Cool season grasses?
9-10 inches - Answer-How tall do Fine Fescues get to be if left un-mowed?
Hard Fescue - Answer-? Fescue is popular for erosion control.
, Roughs, occasionally fairways - Answer-Where on golf courses are fine Fescues used?
Shady areas - Answer-Where are Fine Fescues used in a transition zones?
•Disease pressure is high
•Heat
•Overtaken by warm season plants - Answer-Major Disadvantages in Transition Zone
for Fine Fescues?
Creeping Red Fescue - Answer-•Go-to grass for shade mixes
•Sometimes found in northern Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
•More common the further north (and higher in elevation) you go
Creeping Red Fescue - Answer-Only fine fescue with a creeping habit - makes relatively
short rhizomes
2.5 '' or lower - Answer-What height is red Fescue normally mowed at?
Lolium multiflorum - Answer-Annual or Italian Ryegrass
Lolium perenne - Answer-Perennial Ryegrass
Lolium hybridum - Answer-Intermediate Ryegrass (Hybrid between Annual & Perennial)
Ryegrass - Answer-Has decent shade tolerance and not so great drought tolerance.
Regenerating Perennial ryegrass - Answer-Ryegrass doesn't have rhizome or stolons
except this one has short stolons.
False (Very poor disease resistance) - Answer-T/F Ryegrass has great disease
resistance.
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-• Cheap, plentiful seed that germinates very quickly (2-5
days)
• Medium to coarse texture
• Light green color
• Big Honking auricles
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Often used as a temporary ground cover when need to plant
in cool weather
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Can be used as permanent turf up north but not preferred in
mixes because of its texture and color
Annual Ryegrass - Answer-Cheap overseed in dormant warm season turf
