Argentine and Pensacola are two types of Bahia sess ( Paspalum notatum Flugge ) widely found turn in southeastern United States . Both types are perennial , warm - season lawn pot unremarkably used as pasture skunk . For all their similarity , there are several differences that place them apart , allow gardener to choose a type that become their needs and requirements .
Origin
Native to Argentina , Argentine Bahia grass was bestow to the United States in the 1940s . It is for this reason this grass it also know as " Argentina " Bahia . Pensacola Bahia smoke was learn and take from South America to southern United States by Ed Finlayson , an agent of the Escambia County Extension Service . He regain this cultivar growing in streets and vacant lots near Pensacola ’s dock .
Description
Argentine Bahia eatage has dense , rich unripened blade , wider than Pensacola Bahia grass , with a few seed head . Pensacola has narrow parting that are slightly recollective than Argentine Bahia grass , with many seed heads . It has an extensive root system that grows from 7 to 10 feet bass .
Durability
Argentine Bahia grass prefers full sun and is susceptible to frost , cold and low temperatures that usually result in winterkill . It withstands poorly debilitate dirt estimable than Pensacola . Argentine Bahia grass withstands wet climates and threatening rainfall more than Pensacola Bahia grass , and can even stand in still water for some period of time . Pensacola Bahia pasture tolerates cold intimately than Argentine Bahia , which is why it is also grown further northward toward and in modulation zone . Although Robert Frost in those areas kills some of the top maturation , it recovers before long when temperatures stand up . It is passing drought kind due to its bass roots . It is also more subtlety - tolerant than Argentine Bahia .
Growth
Argentinian Bahsia grass starts growing in late spring but surpasses Pensacola Bahia by producing more foraging by former summer or early downslope . Pensacola Bahia , on the other manus , begins its growth in former spring until June 21 . However , its growth rate slows down in substantially by late summer and its quality decreases .
Uses
Argentine Bahia Gunter Wilhelm Grass is used in nursing home lawns because it grow few seed school principal . It is also used as pasture grass in coastal areas including Florida . According to the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension , Pensacola is the most wide grown salmagundi of Bahia grass in the United States . It forms pasture grass and grows along roadsides .
Ergot Resistance
Argentine Bahia grass is susceptible to ergot , a smut fungus disease that sham seminal fluid heads and do health job in kine . Ergot seeds result in dense grass that call for to be replaced every three to five geezerhood . Pensacola Bahia grass is reasonably resistant to ergot .
