Nimblewill
Encyclopedia
Muhlenbergia schreberi, Nimblewill, is a grass
species
native to North America
.
grass
and turns brown in the winter. This makes it a lesser grass for northern climate lawns. It is shade tolerant
and tends to be an aggressive grass spreading throughout a lawn once it gets established.
As with most undesirable grasses, the best way to get rid of it is manually raking
it out or "pushing" it out through aeration
and overseeding with desirable grasses.
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
native to North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Turf grass
It is considered a southern turf type lawnLawn
A lawn is an area of aesthetic and recreational land planted with grasses or other durable plants, which usually are maintained at a low and consistent height. Low ornamental meadows in natural landscaping styles are a contemporary option of a lawn...
grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
and turns brown in the winter. This makes it a lesser grass for northern climate lawns. It is shade tolerant
Shade-tolerant and intolerant species
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants. Shade-intolerant species require full sunlight...
and tends to be an aggressive grass spreading throughout a lawn once it gets established.
As with most undesirable grasses, the best way to get rid of it is manually raking
Rake (tool)
A rake is a broom for outside; an horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass, etc., and, in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and levelling, removing dead grass from...
it out or "pushing" it out through aeration
Aeration
Aeration is the process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance.-Aeration of liquids:-Methods:Aeration of liquids is achieved by:...
and overseeding with desirable grasses.