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| 2 Main determinant of
evapotranspiration |
1 Penetration of water
into the ground |
| 4 Living and dying
aboveground biomass, mostly stems |
3 Principle that says
you can multiply something by one |
| 6 Large seeded
bahiagrass |
5 Probable continent of
origin of bermudagrass |
| 7 Intermediate soil
particle sizes |
7 Above-ground runner |
| 11 Below-ground runner |
8 Male sexual unit of
grasses |
| 12 Genus of
bermudagrass |
9 Movement of dissolved
substances in the water |
| 13 A mineral nutrient
which is weakly held by the soil |
10 Grassed area shared
by many, in early Britain |
| 16 Fixation of carbon
from the atmosphere |
11 Portion of a
scientific paper telling what happened |
| 18 Most important
feature of an efficient irrigation system |
14 Genus of
centipedegrass |
| 19 Unit of weight equal
to about 2.2 pounds |
15 Genus of bahiagrass |
| 20 Width of grass leaf
blades |
17 Cultivar for greens |
| 21 Catches pollen |
21 Basic unit of grass
inflorescence |
| 23 Continent of origin
of zoysiagrass |
22 Defoliation by
hoofed animals |
| 24 Cultivar of St.
Augustinegrass released in 1973 |
25 Unit of measure
equal to 100 cm |
| 26 Basic unit of sod in
southern Florida |
26 A small vegetative
unit used to plant turfgrass |
| 27 Mineral element
often unavailable under alkaline conditions |
28 Mineral nutrient
used in the largest quantity by plants |
| 30 Growing region |
29 Bract at the base
the spikelet |
| 32 Outstretched portion
of grass leaf |
31 Main cultivar of
bermudagrass for athletic fields |
| 36 Smallest portion of
the roots; absorb nutrients and water |
33 Method of
pollination of grasses |
| 37 43,560 square feet |
34 Smallest of soil
particle sizes |
| 38 Country of origin of
cultivated zoysiagrass |
35 Soil particle larger
than 0.05 mm, and less than 2mm, in diameter |
| 39 Method that gases
such as CO2 move into and out of the leaf |
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