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Sensitive
< 3 mS/cm
Moderately
Sensitive
3 - 6 mS/cm
Moderately
Tolerant
6 - 10 mS/cm
Tolerant
>10 mS/cm
Annual
Bluegrass
Annual
Ryegrass
Bent cv.
Seaside
Alkaligrass
Colonial
Bluegrass
Chewings
Fescue
Perennial
Ryegrass
Bermudagrass
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Creeping
Bentgrass
Tall Fescue
Seashore
Paspalum
Rough
Bluegrass
Hard Fescue
Buffalograss
St. Augustine-
grass
Centipedegrass
Bahiagrass
Zoysiagrass
Table 2. Relative tolerance of turfgrasses to soil sa-
linity measured by the SME Method (“Salinity in
Turfgrass”, Harivandi M.A, Butler J.D., Lin W. 1992).
Note: The values on this table refer to measurement
of a saturated media extract (SME) . Use table 1 to
convert from direct-insert readings to SME.