Seashore Paspalum

The legumes of Seashore Paspalum are 1 to 2 millimeters in length, and its stems are erect and smooth at the nodes. The sheaths are also smooth and overlapping. Seashore Paspalum grass blades range from 3 to 8 millimeters wide and can be flat or folded inward lengthwise. The texture of this turf grass is mostly smooth, with a sparse amount of long hairs located on the top surface close to the base. Seed heads, or racemes, of Seashore Paspalum are usually found in groups of two or three, and their spikelets are solitary, smooth and elliptic to ovate-lanceolate.

Excessive nitrogen applications will cause scalping in Seashore Paspalum, sometimes making proper turf grass management programs more intensive.