Figure: 4 TAC §10.27(c)
Factor | Foundation | Registered | Maximum Permitted Certified |
Pasture grass Other Varieties 1/ |
None | 0.1% | 0.5% 2/ |
Turfgrass (Except St. Augustinegrass) other perennial grasses and objectionable weeds 3/ |
None | None | 1 plant, not more than 6 inches in diameter per 450 square feet. |
St. Augustinegrass objectionable perennial grasses and weeds 4/ |
None | 1 plant or clone not more than 6 inches in diameter per 100 square yards 4/ |
Not more than 5% by area of bermudagrass, not more than 3 per square yard of nutsedge. Not more than 1 per 50 square yards of others listed 4/ |
1/Other varieties shall consist of all other strains of the specie that can be differentiated from the variety that is being inspected.
2/Percentage is based upon area occupied.
3/Objectionable weeds shall include, but not be limited to, nutsedge (Cyperus spp.), ponyfoot (Dichondra spp), and sandbur (Cenchrus spp.).
4/Objectionable grasses and weeds shall include, but not be limited to: barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli), goosegrass (Eleusine indica), smutgrass (Sporobolus poiretii), dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum), crabgrass (Digitaria spp.), broad leaf weeds, bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.), nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus and Cyperus esculentus).