Criteria for the selection of Species and Varieties

Stress Resistance Indicator

TRAFFIC DROUGHT HEAT DISEASES SALINITY SHADE EXCESS OF
HUMIDITY		 MOWING SOIL
ACIDITY		 NEED FOR
FERTILIZER (1)		 ROOTING
SPEED (2)		 LEAVE
THICKNESS (3)		 PLANTING
RATE (4)
Colonial bentgrass 8 9 7 8 9 4 3 2 3 2 4 3 15 gr.
Acreeping bentgrass 7 6 5 9 3 5 1 3 4 1 5 1 10 gr.
Bermudagrass 1 2 2 2 2 9 9 7 4 8 8 6 15 gr.
Dichondra repens 9 5 4 4 6 1 7 5 4 6 6 – 20 gr.
Red fescue 6 4 6 7 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 4 30 gr.
Tall fescue 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 9 3 7 2 8 40 gr.
Perennial ryegrass 2 1 1 1 1 6 4 8 7 9 7 9 5 gr.
Kikuyu 5 6 8 6 8 7 8 1 9 3 9 4 25 gr.
Kentucky bluegrass 4 7 8 5 7 8 6 6 6 4 1 5 45 gr.
Scale from 1 to 9; 1 being the most resistant.
There may be important differences between varieties of a same species.		 (1) Need for fertilizer: 1 being the one that needs it the most.
(2) The sowing date is essential for some species.
(3) 1 being the thinnest leaf.
(4) Planting rate: grams per m2.
HEAT TOLERANCE
Zoysia
Bermudagrass
Kikuyu
Buffalograss
Centipedegrass
St. Augustine grass		 EXCELLENT
Red fescue trichophylla GOOD
Creeping bentgrass
Colonial bentgrass
Kentucky bluegrass		 MEDIUM
Red fescue
Annual bluegrass		 FAIR
Annual ryegrass
Rough bluegrass		 POOR
DROUGHT TOLERANT
Zoysia
Bermudagrass
Kikuyu		 EXCELENT
Sheep fescue
Tall fescue
Red fescue		 GOOD
Kentucky bluegrass
Canada bluegrass		 MEDIUM
Perennial ryegrass FAIR
Annual ryegrass
Creeping bentgrass
Rough bluegrass		 POOR
TOLERANCE TO SALINITY
Kikuyu
Paspalum vaginatum		 EXCELLENT
Bermudagrass
Zoysia
St. Augustine grass		 VERY GOOD
Creeping bentgrass GOOD
Red fescue
Perennial ryegrass		 FAIR
Kentucky bluegrass
Annual bluegrass
Colonial bentgrass
Red fescue		 POOR
RECOVERY POTENTIAL
Kikuyu EXCELLENT
Bermudagrass
Kentucky bluegrass
Creeping bentgrass
Zoysia		 GOOD
Red fescue
Colonial bentgrass		 INTERMEDIATE
Tall fescue POOR
Perennial ryegrass VERY POOR