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Hello, what kind of grass is this growing in my lawn? There are several clumps of it. Has been thick, coarse shoots coming out the sides of the clump.
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Asked May 05, 2024, 6:59 PM EDT
Hello, what kind of grass is this growing in my lawn? There are several clumps of it. Has been thick, coarse shoots coming out the sides of the clump.
Butler County Ohio
Expert Response
Hello,
I believe that this is a perennial grass called tall fescue, but, I can not say for sure if that is the grass because your photo does not show close-up detail of the shoot. You could look at examples of clumping tall fescue shoots featured in the articles listed below. If you compare the pictures in the articles to your grass, you could confirm this identification.
Tall fescue is an older variety of fescue that is a bunch-type coarse-textured forage grass that greens up early in the spring. It can also be very noticeable in the middle of the summer when other varieties of grass go dormant from lack of water.
If you decide that the grass is tall fescue, both listed articles discuss options for removal if you wish to do so. If tall fescue is not what is growing in your lawn, please send more pictures and I will do more research.
Thanks for asking Ask Extension.
Betsy B. - MGV
https://turf.purdue.edu/tall-fescue/
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/pain-in-the-grass-tall-fescue
I believe that this is a perennial grass called tall fescue, but, I can not say for sure if that is the grass because your photo does not show close-up detail of the shoot. You could look at examples of clumping tall fescue shoots featured in the articles listed below. If you compare the pictures in the articles to your grass, you could confirm this identification.
Tall fescue is an older variety of fescue that is a bunch-type coarse-textured forage grass that greens up early in the spring. It can also be very noticeable in the middle of the summer when other varieties of grass go dormant from lack of water.
If you decide that the grass is tall fescue, both listed articles discuss options for removal if you wish to do so. If tall fescue is not what is growing in your lawn, please send more pictures and I will do more research.
Thanks for asking Ask Extension.
Betsy B. - MGV
https://turf.purdue.edu/tall-fescue/
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/pain-in-the-grass-tall-fescue
The grass meets all the identifiers in these articles, so it is tall fescue. Thank you for your help!
Take care,
Rebekah
Your welcome!
Betsy
Betsy
