Zoysia japonica

Common Name: 
Japanese lawngrass, Japanese lawn grass, Korean lawn grass
Scientific Name: 
Zoysia japonica Steud.
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed, stolons and rhizomes, stolons with husk-like structure
Culms
upright from rhizomes and stolons, mat forming
Culms of Japanese Lawngrass
Culms of Japanese Lawngrass
Culms of Japanese Lawngrass
Seedheads
raceme, short, dense, solitary, terminal, spikelets compressed
Seedheads of Japanese Lawngrass