Which of the following turfgrasses has rhizomes, stolons, and folded vernation?

Which of the following turfgrasses has rhizomes, stolons, and folded vernation?

• A. Bermudagrass
• B. Centipedegrass
• C. St. Augustinegrass
• D. Fine-leaf fescue

Answer: (A)

Spreading by both underground rhizomes and above-ground stolons lets a turfgrass cover ground quickly and recover rapidly after damage. Vernation describes how a leaf blade emerges from the shoot; folded vernation means the leaf folds in half as it develops. Bermudagrass is known for using both rhizomes and stolons to creep across the soil, and its leaves have folded vernation, making this combination distinctive. The other grasses either lack one of these spreading structures or are more clump-type, so they don’t match all three traits.

Spreading by both underground rhizomes and above-ground stolons lets a turfgrass cover ground quickly and recover rapidly after damage. Vernation describes how a leaf blade emerges from the shoot; folded vernation means the leaf folds in half as it develops. Bermudagrass is known for using both rhizomes and stolons to creep across the soil, and its leaves have folded vernation, making this combination distinctive. The other grasses either lack one of these spreading structures or are more clump-type, so they don’t match all three traits.