Carpetgrass is a warm season, creeping, perennial grass that grows well on wet, poor soils where most others will not grow.

It is coarse bladed, makes a dense turf, can be grown from seed, shallow rooted and therefore is not drought tolerant. It is as cold tolerant as centipede and has poor salt tolerance. It's shade tolerance is about the same as Centipede (Definitely less than St. Augustine grass).*
Carpetgrass is a native grass to the interior Gulf states and similar tropical climates. Weeds and Bermuda grass can be crowded out by its thick sod. It is a good grass for erosion control and is a low maintenance grass on low fertility soils and can thrive if not mown without the addition of fertilizers.


Carpetgrass is ideal for those areas when DAMP moist soil is present. It will withstand higher traffic than many others in these conditions. It generally will NOT tolerate much shade...