crabgrasses
Spreading lawn weeds
Crabgrasses is the plural of crabgrass, a low-growing grass that spreads aggressively in lawns and is considered a weed.
Named for its crab-like radiating stems, it thrives in hot weather and bare patches where desirable grass struggles: The lawn was overtaken by crabgrasses after the drought.
Grass-covered earth surface
- sodGrass-bound topsoil section
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- fescueFine-bladed pasture grass
- ryegrassHardy turf species
zoysia · centipede · lawnmower · aerate · dethatch · overseed · irrigation · sprinkler
To distribute widely
- infestationPest takeover situation
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
aggressive · outcompete · displacement · dominance · monoculture · opportunistic · fast-growing · prolific
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
- sodGrass-bound topsoil section
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- fescueFine-bladed pasture grass
ryegrass · zoysia · centipede · lawnmower · aerate · dethatch · overseed · irrigation · sprinkler · fertilizer
spread
To distribute widely
- infestationPest takeover situation
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
proliferation · aggressive · outcompete · displacement · dominance · monoculture · opportunistic · fast-growing · prolific · seeding
dandelion
Yellow flower, white puffball
clover · nettles · nutsedge · purslane · chickweed · goosegrass · quackgrass · foxtail · plantain · oxalis
crabgrassesKentucky bluegrass
Cool-season lawn species
Bermuda grass · manicured lawn · bentgrass · turfgrass · lawn grass
- crabgrass killerProduct eliminating invasive lawn grass