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| Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/bulls/article/2007aug9.pdf
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| Author(s): | Voigt, Tom |
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| Author Affiliation: | University of Illinois |
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| Title: | Choosing grasses for un-mowed roughs |
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| Source: | On Course. Vol. 61, No. 3, August 2007, p. 9, 11, 13-14. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Carpentersville, IL]: Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf rough; Cool season turfgrasses; Golf course maintenance; Golf courses; Out-of-play areas; Natural areas; Warm season turfgrasses; Utility turf; Pros and cons; Native grasses; Aesthetic values
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses potential ways to choose grasses for roughs on golf courses. States that "important plant characteristics include height, appearance, ease of establishment, and maintenance." Provides information on exotic cool-season turf and utility grasses, suggesting that "the advantages of using these turf and utility grasses are that the areas are easy to establish and maintain; the seed is inexpensive and readily available; the areas can be attractive, especially early in the growing season when these cool-season species flower; and the fescues and orchardgrass have moderate shade tolerance." Also suggests that "the disadvantages of these grasses are that they are not suited for producing playable roughs - they generally grow too densely, even when planted at low seeding rates. Also, these areas may become unattractive in mid-to-late summer when the grasses can brown and go dormant." Profiles redtop, orchardgrass, tall fescue, fine fescue and timothy grasses. Also profiles tall native grasses, including big bluestem, switchgrass, indiangrass and cordgrass, stating that "advantages of these grasses are that they are all Midwestern natives and have evolved in this environment and with local pests." Details short native grasses, including side-oats grama, blue grama, buffalograss and little bluestem, suggesting that "the advantages and disadvantages of these species are similar to those of their taller associates - they are attractive and can provide environmental benefits when established." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in The Green Breeze, 59(6) October 2007, p. 6-9
Reprint appears in The Newsletter [New England], October 2007, p. 3, 5-6
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Voigt, T. 2007. Choosing grasses for un-mowed roughs. On Course. 61(3):p. 9, 11, 13-14. |
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