Deck 21: Selecting the Proper Grass

Question 1

Turfgrasses are among the oldest plants used for landscaping.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Certain grasses possess greater resistance than others to insects and disease pests.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A pound of fine-textured grass seed contains considerably fewer seeds than the same weight of coarse-textured seed.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Grass seed plants produce new leaves only in the spring.

Question 5

Warm season grasses do not flourish during spring and fall when temperatures fall below optimum.

Question 6

Professional landscapers usually purchase grass seed retail.

Question 7

Blends attempt to retain the advantages of both mixtures and single-species plantings that are included.

Question 8

Single species turf plantings offer a more uniform appearance than mixtures.

Question 9

Fine-textured grass seeds are more expensive than coarse-textured grass seeds.

Question 10

Rhizome and stolon-producing grasses tend to reproduce slower than bunched-type grasses.

Question 11

What is the preferred daytime temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) for warm season grasses?

A) 50 to 65
B) 65 to 78
C) 80 to 95
D) 95 to 105

Question 12

The number of leaf shoots produced by a grass plant is a measure of what?

A) texture
B) color
C) thickness
D) density

Question 13

What is the material in a bag of grass seed that adds bulk and weight but will not grow?

A) noxious weeds
B) filler
C) fertilizer
D) inert material

Question 14

What daytime temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) favors the growth of cool season grasses?

A) 40 to 55
B) 60 to 75
C) 50 to 60
D) 80 to 90

Question 15

What characteristic of a grass is determined by the width of the grass leaf?

A) texture
B) size
C) length
D) thickness

Question 16

What label must appear on the package of grass seed to give a breakdown of the contents of the seed packet?

A) specifications
B) examination
C) breakdown
D) analysis

Question 17

The presence of wheat in a grass seed mixture will be referred to as what type of seed?

A) crop
B) weed
C) noxious
D) wild

Question 18

Some weed seeds are extremely undesirable and difficult to eradicate. What term is applied to identify them?

A) crop
B) noxious
C) invasive
D) None of these answers is correct

Question 19

What type of grass is Bermudagrass?

A) warm
B) cool
C) transitional
D) None of these answers is correct

Question 20

What type of grass is Kentucky bluegrass?

A) warm
B) cool
C) transitional
D) None of these answers is correct

Question 21

A ____________________ is a horizontal underground stem.

Question 22

The percentage by weight of pure grass seed is called its ____________________.

Question 23

_________________________ is the percentage by weight of material in the package that will not grow.

Question 24

Because of the difference in the size of their seeds, a pound of coarse-textured grass seed contains ____________________ seeds than a pound of fine-textured grass seed.

Question 25

Bunch-type grasses require more seed and ____________________ spacing in order to cover an area quickly.

Question 26

Stoloniferous plants differ from rhizomatous plants in that their horizontal shoots are sent out ____________________ ground.

Question 27

The growing point of turfgrass is at the ____________________, not at the tips.

Question 28

Most of the turfgrasses used in landscaping will survive from one year to the next, making them ____________________.

Question 29

A seed in a mixture that is neither a pure seed nor a crop seed is regarded as a ____________________ seed.

Question 30

A combination of two or more cultivated varieties of a single species is a ____________________.