What are the main types and varieties of turfgrass?
Turfgrass refers to the herbaceous plants that cover the ground, generally growing naturally and with high application value. At present, most regions also plant them to green cities and gardens. So what types of turfgrass are there?
1. What types of turfgrass are there?
Turfgrass types include ornamental turfgrass, soil-conserving and slope-protecting turfgrass, recreational turfgrass, traffic-safety turfgrass, sports-field turfgrass, and others, as well as the ryegrass, Lolium perenne, four-season green grass, bermudagrass, Kentucky bluegrass, carpet grass, St. Augustine grass, zoysia grass, buffalograss, centipedegrass, bentgrass and others used in urban and garden greening.
2. What are the functions of turfgrass?
Function 1: Providing a good working and living environment
Turfgrass can give people a fresh, cool and pleasant feeling, providing people with a pleasant, clean working and living environment.
Function 2: Purifying the air
Like plants such as pothos, aloe and evergreen, turfgrass can purify the air like a vacuum cleaner, filtering out dust; reducing dust also reduces the bacteria content in the air.
Function 3: Consuming carbon dioxide
Well-growing turfgrass can absorb 1.5 grams of carbon dioxide per square meter per hour, while each person exhales about 38 grams of carbon dioxide per hour, so if there is 25 square meters of turfgrass, it can absorb all the carbon dioxide exhaled by one person. This shows how important turfgrass is for purifying the air, and this is also the reason people feel the air is especially fresh when standing on a large lawn.
Function 4: Reducing noise
A 20-meter-wide strip of turfgrass can reduce noise by about 2 decibels. At the same time, turfgrass can also increase air humidity, as it can turn the water absorbed from the soil into water vapor and release it into the atmosphere.
Overall, there are many types of turfgrass, and many can be used for soil conservation and slope protection, ornamentation, sports and so on. Therefore, when planting, suitable varieties should be selected according to the actual situation.