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Saint Augustine grass
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Saint Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) (also known as Charleston grass in South Carolina and buffalo turf in Australia) is a warm-season lawn grass that is popular for cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a medium- to high-maintenance grass that forms a thick, carpetlike sod, crowding out most weeds and other grasses.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 79210.