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GRASS TYPES / CONDITIONS Bahia Grass Creeping Bent Grass Bermuda Grass Improved Bermuda Grass Buffalo Grass Common Kentucky Blue Grass Improved Kentucky Blue Grass Blue Grama Centipede Grass Dichondra Chewing Fescue Red Fescue Creeping Red Fescue Tall Fescue Annual Rye Grass Turf-Type Perennial Rye Grass St. Augustine Grass Wheat Grass Zoysia Grass
Zone 1. NE US, SE CAN. NO YES YES (SOME) NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO SOME
Zone 2. Midwest US, Central Can. NO YES NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO NO SOME
Zone 3. Great Plains NO YES YES NO YES YES YES YES NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES NO
Zone 4. Pacific Northwest NO YES NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO NO NO
Zone 5. Variable YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES! YES YES YES NO YES
Zone 6. SW US NO NO NO NO SOME NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES SOME YES
Zone 7. SE NO NO YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES
Zone 8. Tropical YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES
2 drought-tolerant SOME NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO NO NO NO YES
3 tolerates water YES YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO YES SOME NO NO SOME
4 cold tolerant NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO YES YES NO NO NO
5 heat tolerant NO NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO SOME YES NO YES
6 Shade-tolerant SOME NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES SOME SOME SOME YES NO SOME
7 sun tolerant NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
8 poor soils tolerant YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES (salt) NO NO
9 heavy traffic SOME SOME YES! YES! YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO SOME SOME NO NO YES
10 disease resistant YES NO YES YES YES NO SOME NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO YES
11 resists pests NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES
12 low-maintenance YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
13 invasive NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES