Carpet grass planted in Delhi and other parts of North India is cushion like with very narrow almost needle like leaves. It is Axonopus compressus.
Normal lawn grass is doob grass, Cynodon dactylon -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > There are more than one grass that is being used on Lawn, called with > various names, KENYA GRASS, JAPANESE GRASS, LAWN GRASS, CARPET GRASS, > MEXICAN CARPET GRASS, FLAT GRASS etc. > So with this picture its not possible to make out. > Flowers may help. > Pankaj > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Zoysia japonicum ... dear > friends, > > please validate this ID. > > Synonyms: Osterdamia japonica, Zoysia koreana > > > > > > ZOY-shuh or ZOY-see-uh -- named for Karl von Zois (or Zoys), Austrian > > botanist > > juh-PON-ih-kuh -- of or from Japan > > > > > > commonly known as: Japanese lawn grass, Korean lawn grass, Korean temple > > grass, zoysia grass > > > > > > Native of: s-e and e Asia, Australasia; naturalized / cultivated > elsewhere > > > > > > ... at Nirvana Park, Powai, Mumbai 12 APR 07 > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
