Agrostis stolonifera

Common Name: 
creeping bentgrass
Scientific Name: 
Agrostis stolonifera L., syn.    syn.  Agrostis palustris
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping stolons
Culms
erect from prostrate and low growing
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Culms of Creeping Bentgrass
Leaves
blades light green, thin, tips pointed, veins above prominent, rolled in the bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, thin, tall, pointed, finely toothed or rounded
Leaves of Creeping Bentgrass
Seedheads
open panicle, green or pale purplish