Visualizing C3 and C4 growth potential throughout the US
January 18, 2021
As a follow-up to last week's Growth Potential Update, we have added detail for California that places C3 and C4 GP side-by-side. California has a diverse range of environments that provides challenges for turf management.
Growth potential (GP) can be a valuable tool for understanding turfgrass performance based upon temperature. To illustrate the changes in GP over the course of the year and seasons, C3 grass (poa, bentgrass, fesuce,, etc) and C4 grass (Bermudagrass, zoysia, paspalum, etc.) animations have been…