Creeping-type grasses are named for their creeping growth habit. These
grasses spread by stems that stretch out from the crown of the plant.
New shoots develop from nodes on underground stems, called rhizomes, or
on horizontally growing aboveground stems, called stolons.
Grasses
spread by rhizomes
Grasses
spread by stolons
Grasses
spread by both stolons and rhizomes
*stolons and rhizomes are short
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St. Augustinegrass is a creeping-type grass that is spread by thick stolons.
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