. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 20 The Bulletin Bermuda Grass. Cynodon Dactylon (L.) Pers. Called also Scutch Grass, Dog's-tootli Grass. Flower stems not over a foot high, produced from long, creeping stolons which are the plant's chief method of propagation. Leaves small, crowded at the hase of the flowering stem. Spikes four to five, purplish, arranged in the same manner as the fingers on the hand. Seed small, light yellow, keeled so as to appear half oval in outline. Not abundantly produced in this section, but occurs more or le
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 20 The Bulletin Bermuda Grass. Cynodon Dactylon (L.) Pers. Called also Scutch Grass, Dog's-tootli Grass. Flower stems not over a foot high, produced from long, creeping stolons which are the plant's chief method of propagation. Leaves small, crowded at the hase of the flowering stem. Spikes four to five, purplish, arranged in the same manner as the fingers on the hand. Seed small, light yellow, keeled so as to appear half oval in outline. Not abundantly produced in this section, but occurs more or less everywhere throughout the State in lawns, waste places and cultivated fields. Used extensively for lawns and golf courses. July to September. CONTROL J^ot many farmers in N" 0 r t h Carolina are afraid of Bermuda Grass as it is coming to be rec- ognized as our very best permanent pasture plant. It is not to be feared as a weed, for good crops can be grown in spite of it, and the land is always left more fertile because of its presence in the soil. "When found in culti- vated fields, however, it is a weed in most cases. Shallow plowing and rak- iiig out tlie roots, follow- ed by smothering crops, will generally keep it un- der control. Bermuda (irass now ripens seed in Xorth Carolina, thus having two methods of extending its spread—by root stocks and by seeds. It must, therefore, be kept from both growing leaves and producing seed ill order to kill it entirely —a dilHcult So. 17. Bermuda Grass or Cynodon dactyl'jn (L.) Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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