Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Introduced

At a glance

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cynodon
Status: Introduced to Florida
Sightings: 116 verified in Florida
Also called: Indian Doab, Fingergrass, Couch Grass, Quick Grass, Bermunda Quick Grass, Running Grass, Kweek, Couch, Bataviesekweek, Bermuda Quick Grass, Coarse Kweek, Common Couch Grass, Common Quickgrass, Doob Grass, Dub Grass, Fince Couch Grass, Finegrass, Fingers, Florida Grass, Indian Couch, Scotch Grass, White Quick Grass
Formerly: Panicum dactylon, Cynodon laeviglumis, Cynodon iraquensis, Capriola dactylon, Chloris cynodon, Cynodon repens, Cynodon sarmentosus, Cynosurus dactylon, Dactilon officinale, Digitaria dactylon, Digitaria littoralis, Digitaria stolonifera, Fibichia dactylon, Fibichia umbellata, Milium dactylon, Panicum ambiguum, Paspalum ambiguum, Paspalum dactylon, Phleum dactylon

About

Cynodon dactylon, commonly known as Bermuda grass or as couch grass in Australia and New Zealand, is a warm season grass found worldwide in warm and tropical climates. It is native to Europe, Africa, Australia, and much of Asia and has been introduced to the Americas.

Despite its common name, C. dactylon is not native to Bermuda but is an abundant invasive species there. In Bermuda, it has been known as crabgrass, also a name for Digitaria sanguinalis.

Interspecific hybrids occur naturally through cross-pollination, but cultivars are also developed by selecting individual plants with desirable traits from seeded or vegetatively propagated stands. These cultivars are typically triploids with three sets of chromosomes.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cynodon dactylon”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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