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centipede grass


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A low, mat-forming perennial grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) native to southeast Asia and cultivated for lawns in warm regions such as the southeast United States.


 
 
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Centipede grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eremochloa
Species: E. ophiuroides
Binomial name
Eremochloa ophiuroides
(Munro) Hack.

Centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) is a lawn grass native to China It was introduced to the United States in 1916 and is found primarily on the east and southeast coast.


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  • Centipede Lawns - The University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

 
 

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