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Ú Whether we realize it or not , grasses may occupy the largest portion of an area in many landscape
development undertaking.
Ú |lanned carefully , grasses in lawn or garden could play a very important role both as biological and physical
agents as well as in improving the aesthetic value in any landscape development.
Ú With good management , turfgrasses will serve as a living green carpet. Other landscape elements , whether
hard or soft elements will appear outstanding when combined with good quality turf.
’ arass have a low canopy with good ground cover and extensive root system which protect and hold the soil
together from being washed or blown away. If they are established through sodding , the grass can provide an
almost instant effect against erosion

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 family which choose for playground matting ,
erosion control and other purposes.

Ú chese turf need a proper treatment according to its planting purpose.

Ú Ornamental grass is such turf plant for its usage in beautify the landscape , especially in lawn.

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curf grass shoot and root prevent and hold the earth from wind and water run-off erosion. It helps to control
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arass leave reduce the environment temperature by its transpiration. A reduction of a few degrees makes the
environment more comfortable.

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curf grass and shrubs at road side can help to reduce polluted gas from vehicles. It capture the dust and clean
the air. Besides, it forms a buffer layer for reducing the noise of heavy transports.

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£port turf is an effective groundcover for playground such as football field , golf course and etc. It can prevent
injures from happening since it provides a soft layer on the ground.

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arasses with its earth can absorb liquid toxic into the ground.

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che greenery of turf can calm down user͛s mind. It helps in combination of landscape plants and as the
backdrop of a design.
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’ Bermudagrass is the most versatile and most widely used turfgrass especially in warm humid and
warm semi-arid regions of the world.

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’ [ower growing with fine texture , good colour and density. It is the most attractive and the highest
quality turfgrass of warm climatic regions. It is a spreading type grass having both stolons and
rhizomes and has extensive and deep root system.
’ Bermudagrass has excellent tolerance for heat , drought , salt and wear , but shade and cold tolerance
are poor. It can grow on a wide range of soil types but is best adapted to fertile, fine-textured soils
with pH ranging from 5.5 to 7.5 .

   : golf course tees , fairways , putting greens and roughs , lawns , parks , athletic fields , roadsides and
other high quality turf areas.

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’ ·oysia species commonly used for turfgrass purposes. ·oysiagrass is a major turfgrass in the warm
temperate and subtropical areas of the world

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form a dense , high quality turf cover but have a
relatively slow growth and establishment rate even through they have both rhizomes and stolons.
’ ·oysiagrass is a low maintenance turfgrass , has excellent drought , heat , salinity and wear tolerance.
Its shade tolerance is fair to good. ·oysiagrass grows best on fertile , fine textured , moist soils with a
pH between 6 to 7.

   : used on home lawns , playgrounds , athletic fields , golf course fairways and tees and other general
purpose turfgrass areas.

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’ -arpetgrass is the most common grass plants in Malaysia. It suits in almost all types of soil.

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’ It is best adapted to the very warm humid regions , but very poorly tolerant to cold. -arpetgrass are
coarse textured grass with light green colour and usually form a fairly dense turf.
’ chey are low-growing perennial grass and spread by stolons that root at each node. chey are well
adapted to wet , sandy loam , acidic ( pH 5 to 6 ) and low fertility soils.
’ -arpetgrass has poor salt , drought and wear tolerance and fair shade tolerance.

  : used on sports field , playground , home lawns , golf fairway , rough slopes , roadsides and other general
low quality turf areas.
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’ £t. Augustinegrass is coarse textured leaf but looks good with its light green colour. It can be found in
the warm humid regions of the world.

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’ It spreads by thick , long stolons and forms a very coarse textured turf of medium density.
’ £t. Augustinegrass has excellent shade tolerance , good salt tolerance and fair drought tolerance but
poorly tolerant to cold. chis grass is well adapted to moist , fertile , well-drained , sandy loam soil with
a pH of about 6.5.

   : used for lawns and other general use turfgrass areas but not usually used on athletic fields or
playgrounds.

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’ -entipedegrass can survive in bad soil condition. £uitable for earth stabilization but not suitable to
plant in playground

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’ -entipedegrass is moderately coarse textured that forms a relatively dense turf. It spreads by short
compact and slow-growing stolons.
’ che leaf width and stem thickness are intermediate between those of Bermudagrass and £t.
Augustinegrass.
’ chis turfgrass is adapted to a a wide range of soil types but it grows best on slightly acidic ( pH 5 to 6 ) ,
infertile sandy soils.
’ -entipedegrass has fair shade tolerance , poor drought , salt and cold tolerance.

   : commonly used on home lawns and other general , low traffic turf areas. It has slow growth rate and
poor wear tolerance , hence cannot be used effectively on playgrounds or athletic fields.

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’ Bahiagrass is light green to yellowish green in colour.

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’ Bahiagrass is a very coarse textured species that forms a low to fairly dense turf. chis species has very
tough leaves and spreads slowly from short stolons and rhizomes.
’ It has excellent drought tolerance due to an extensive deep root system.
’ It has good shade and wears tolerance but poor salt and cold tolerance. It grows best on fertilesoils
with pH ranging from 6 to 7.5.

  : Bahiagrass is a low maintenance grass that forms a relatively low quality turf.

It is best suited for low maintenance sites such as roadsides , embankment and slopes stabilization.

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’ £eranggongrass is a turfgrass used for golf course green and lawns in tropical regions of Australia and
Asia.
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’ åine-leaved blue-green turfgrass used for golf course green and lawns. It produces a soft , dense and
attractive high quality turfgrass.
’ chis species is commonly used in golf course and lawns. It can be established vegetatively. It requires
relatively high maintenanve if high quality turf is desired.
’ £eranggongrass can be mowed daily at 4 to 5mm on golf greens.

  : chis grass does not have widespread use on golf courses and being replaced by ͚cifdwarf ͚ Bermudagrass
on golf greens.

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’ areatly enhances the environment providing green and fresh surroundings for all garden or parks in
the country as |earl arass is the one and only latest natural hybrid grown in Malaysia.
’ åeel the differences with |earl arass as it greatly improves air quality with the process of
photosynthesis throughout the day.

 
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1) arows at rapid pace carpet like with wide growth radius , not like normal grass (nil pest infestation)
2) Very low labour hours and easy maintenance involved, thus high cost savings.
3) High durability even more with heavy usage.
4) Does not cause itchiness to children, very economical for the type of quality and value for money in
the long term compared to others.

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-hoose the suitable type of turfing for particular purposes. åor house lawn , choose a fine-textured grass.
åor sport turfing like football field, choose the coarse leaf grass. åor certain sport game such as golf
course , a fined-texture grass will be suitable.

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oot all kind of turf can survive in poor soil condition. If the soil is low pH , watery and non-fertilize , it
should be recover before turf planting or choose grasses which need no fertilize soil

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Areas which cover by large number of trees create difficulty for the growth of turf. It prevent the sunlight
from reaching the grass and the fallen leaves cover the earth surface.

£ince not many type of grasses can survive under shading , it is better to choose groundcovers rather than
grasses.

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Ability in lawn maintenance determine the selection of turf. -ertain types of grass like bermudagrass and
seranggongrass need proper maintenance to keep it looking good.