Zoysiagrass (warm-season turfgrass) —
Zoysiagrass is adapted to a wide range of soil conditions but grows best on well drained, slightly acid, medium textured soils of moderate fertility. Zoysiagrass is very tolerant of drought, heat, and cold. It is slow to green up in spring, and late-season straw coloring begins with the advent of 50 to 55 F temperatures. Another feature that limits its use is its slow establishment rate. Zoysiagrass is however, successfully used as a fairway grass in transitional climates where some cool-season and other warm-season grasses encounter the limits of their adaptation.