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. 2013 Oct 3;2013:409413. doi: 10.1155/2013/409413

Table 1.

Estimated salt tolerance of common cool and warm season turfgrass [8, 56, 57].

Cool season turfgrass Rating Warm season turfgrass Rating
Puccinellia spp. (Alkaligrass) T Paspalum notatum Flugge (Bahiagrass) MS
Poa annua L. (Blue grass) S Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda “Tifdwarf”) MS
Lolium multiflorum (Annual ryegrass) MS Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda “Satiri”) MT
Festuca rubra L. spp. (Chewing fescue) MS Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K) (Blue Grama) MT
Agrostis tenuis (Colonial bent grass) S Bouteloua dactyloides Nutt. (Buffalo grass) MT
Agrostis palustris (Creeping bent grass) MS Eremochloa ophiuroides (Centipedegrass) Munro S
Festuca rubra L. spp. rubra (Creeping red fescue) MT Paspalum vaginatum (Seashore paspalum) T
Agropyron cristatum (Fairway wheat grass) MS Stenotaphrum secundatum (St. Augustine) T
Festuca longifolia Thuill. (Hard fescue) MT Zoysia japonica (Japanese lawn grass) T
Poa pratensis L. Kentucy (Blue grass) MS Zoysia matrella (Manila grass) MT
Lloium perenne L. (Perennial rye grass) S Zoysia tenuifolia (Korean grass) MS
Festuca arndinacea Schreb. (Tall fescue) MT Digitaria didactyla Wild (Serangoongrass) MT

The rating is based on soil salt test levels, sensitive <3 dS m−1, moderate sensitive 3–6 dS m−1, moderate tolerant 6–10 dS m−1, and tolerant >10 dS m−1.