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Name: Jake
Status: other
Grade: 9-12
Location: TX
Country: N/A
Date: 11/18/2005
Question:
Please define crab grass. There appear to be many types.

Replies:
"Crab grass" is a "common name." However, it can be applied to more than 300 different species of grasses.

For example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabgrass

http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/lawn5.htm

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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