Zoysia japonica
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Zoysia japonica (commonly known as Korean lawngrass,[1] zoysia grass or Japanese lawngrass) is a species of creeping, mat-forming, short perennial grass that grows by both rhizomes and stolons.[2][3] It is native to the coastal grasslands of southeast Asia and Indonesia.[4] The United States was first introduced to Z. japonica in 1895. It received its first import from the Chinese region of Manchuria.[3] Today, Z. japonica has become one of the most widely used species of turfgrass in the United States and other countries worldwide such as in Brazil,[5] serving as a close and cheaper alternative to bermudagrass.[6][7]
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Zoysia japonica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Zoysia |
Species: | Z. japonica |
Binomial name | |
Zoysia japonica Steud. | |
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