Relative rooting depths of native grasses and amenity grasses with potential for use on roadsides in New England

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-400

  Brown, Rebecca Nelson ^a   Percivalle, Cynthia ^a   Narkiewicz, Sophia ^a   DeCuollo, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis perennans; Andropogon gerardii; Bouteloua courtipendula; Bromus inermis; Deschampsia cespitosa; Elymus canadensis; Elymus hystrix; Elymus villosus; Elymus virginicus; Eragrostis spectabilis; Festuca arundinacea; Festuca brevipila; Festuca rubra; Koeleria macrantha; Lolium perenne; Muhlenbergia schreberi; Panicum amarum; Panicum virgatum; Pucciniellia distans; Schizachyrium scoparium; Sorghastrum nutans; Sporobolous cryptandrous

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS PERENNANS; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BOUTELOUA; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; CALLISTEMON; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; ELYLEYMUS HIRTIFLORUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS CANADENSIS; ELYMUS HYSTRIX; ELYMUS VILLOSUS; ELYMUS VIRGINICUS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS SPECTABILIS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FESTUCA BREVIPILA; FESTUCA RUBRA; KOELERIA MACRANTHA; LOLIUM PERENNE; MUHLENBERGIA SCHREBERI; PANICUM AMARUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 77950457202     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.3.393     Document Type: Article

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