Cavalier

About Cavalier
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Caption: Wachesaw Plantation, Cavalier Zoysia, Tees and Surround

Cavalier Zoysia was developed by Dr. Milt Engelke and Texas A&M University. It is a Z matrella which is vegetatively propagated and genetically stable and uniform. Its chromosome number is 2-n=40. Cavalier rated number one in the NTEP trials over three years at 24 locations ranging from California—Georgia and north to Nebraska and Colorado.

Applications

  • Home lawns
  • Golf course fairways and tee boxes
  • Parks
  • Sports fields and other recreational areas

Cavalier has been identified by several golf course architects as the “future grass of choice for golf course fairways in the cool season-warm season transition zone."

Features

  • Cavalier is distinguished from other zoysiagrass by its fine texture; long, narrow leaf; with low rhizome, but high-density stolon production
  • Good to excellent salt tolerance and good shade tolerance
  • Resistant to the fall armyworm and the tropical sod webworm
  • Intermediate in its growth and recovery rate
  • Good to excellent winter hardiness and will persist in regions north of Kansas, Missouri, and Southern Illinois as well as the Southern states
     

A patented variety, unauthorized propagation is prohibited.

Stoney Creek Golf Club, Cavalier Zoysia, Fairway Cuts

Stoney Creek Golf Club, Cavalier Zoysia, Lining Bunkers and Fairway Cuts

Stoney Creek Golf Club, Cavalier Zoysia, Lining Bunkers and Fairway Cuts

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