Poa pratensis L.

Strengths

• Wear and tear tolerant.
• Produces a very dense turf.
• Very heat resistant when watered.
• Very cold resistant once established.
• Slow growth.
• Can be regenerated from its rhizomes.
• Durable and robust.

Weaknesses

• Very slow establishment.
• Non-aggressive species affected by competition in the mixes.
• Susceptible to drought.
• Susceptible to disease (rust, red threat...).
• Rather unattractive coarse turf.
• Susceptible to heavy soils.
• Fertilisation essential.