warm-season grass
Heat-thriving lawn type
Warm-season grass is turf or forage grass that thrives in hot weather and goes dormant when temperatures drop.
These grasses—Bermuda, St.
Augustine, zoysia, buffalo grass—grow most actively when soil temperatures reach 65–70°F and above: Warm-season grasses brown out in winter but green up fast once it's hot.
The term contrasts with cool-season grass.
- buffalograssNative prairie turf species
- crabgrassInvasive lawn weed
- switchgrassNative prairie grass species
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- heat resistanceTolerance to high temperatures
fire resistance · wildlife habitat · overseeding · arid zones · drought tolerance · dormancy · subtropical · thatch · brown · fairway · centipede · erosion control · lawn · heat · sod · summer · turf · drought
growing season temperature preference
warm-season grasscool-season grass
Turf favoring lower temperatures
fescue · bluegrass · Kentucky bluegrass · orchardgrass · bentgrass