Perennial Ryegrass Lolium perenne
- Phonetic Spelling
- LOW-lee-um per-EN-ay
- Description
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Perennial Ryegrass is a cool season turf grass. It is more often grown in a mixture with Kentucky Bluegrass.
For more information, please refer to the NC State Extension TurfFiles entry for Perennial Ryegrass.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Lolium
- Species:
- perenne
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe, Asia, Africa
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Turfgrass
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- NC Region:
- Mountains
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Caryopsis
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Lawn
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Foot Traffic
