Paspalum vaginatum

It is a perennial grass with rhizomes or stolons. The stems grow tall. The leaf blades are long and may be hairless to slightly hairy. They are usually blue-green in color. The panicle is usually a pair of branches up to long; there is sometimes a third branch below the pair. The branches are lined with oval to lance-shaped spikelets which grow pressed against the branches, making the panicle narrow. It spreads by its rhizomes and stolons, forming a thick turf. In the wild this species grows in salt marshes and brackish marshes. ==Uses==

This grass has been bred into cultivars which are used for golf course turf and other landscaping projects. It forms a higher quality turf than bermudagrass in poor conditions, such as wet soils and low light levels, and with fewer nitrogen soil amendments. There are many cultivars bred for various uses. These cultivars are highly variable. For example, fine-textured types are used for golf courses, while coarser grass is selected for roadside revegetation. It can be used to feed livestock and some wild herbivores will graze it. Truist Park, the home ballpark of the Atlanta Braves, has Seashore Paspalum Platinum TE as its field surface. ==References==