Turf for Golf Courses - Msu

64 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES
bright green color,. its soft texture, the tendency
of the leaves to curl toward the center, and the
FIG. 4. - Annual Blue-grass (Poa
41111tUZ): 0, base of leaf showing ligule-
/J, tip of leef. '
fact that they are often
crumpled near the base.
No matter how closely it
is clipped, it will produce
blossoms, often next to
the ground. These some-
times appear in fall and .
are always abundant in
earliest spring. Most of
the plants die by early
summer, but in cool sea-
sons a few will live over
a year.
Annual Blue-grass is
not always looked on with
favor, but when abundant
it makes excellent put-
ting-greens especially in
early spring, and south-
ward in late fall and win-
ter as well. On some
Creeping Bent greens, Annual Blue-grass seems to
make up all the grass on the green in early spring,