Carpet Grass
Carpet grass as you may have guessed from the name offers good carpet like coverage.
Carpet grass. They are sometimes rhizomatous and many are tolerant of periodic submersion. Carpet grass produces crabgrass like tall seed heads in the summer which gives a weedy appearance. This type of grass is also known for its coarse leaved blades. Carpet grass serves as a cover crop and temporary grass.
It is low maintenance and. The plant has naturalized in many parts of the world. Carpet grass grows well in wet poorly drained soil. Carpet grass works well in wet shady areas where more common turf species prove difficult to grow.
Axonopus is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as carpet grass. Carpet grass has a weedy appearance especially if it is allowed to grow but it fills all the spots of dead grass or areas where the grass is not growing. It is a creeping grass and covers soil types many grasses do not do well with. They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the americas with one species in tropical africa and another on easter island.
Carpet grass rarely functions as a lawn turf because it develops coarse light green leaf blades and seed heads that resemble crabgrass. Carpet grass can crowd out bermuda grass and weeds. It does best in damp sandy soil and is traditionally found in tropical climates.