# St. Augustinegrass

> Canonical URL: https://www.poaindex.com/ai/species/st-augustinegrass.md

## Canonical key

`st-augustinegrass`

## Turf adaptation context

Season group in the current v1 corpus: **warm-season**.

Species suitability for a ZIP comes from the national turf-zone baseline plus optional property-fit answers. Cultivar rankings within a species use **rec-v3.1** over historical NTEP Turfgrass Quality.

## NTEP evidence

PoaIndex uses historical NTEP Turfgrass Quality observations for this species when present in the active corpus release. Exact trial/year coverage varies by location and is selected dynamically.

## How PoaIndex recommends cultivars

Location-specific **rec-v3.1** evidence selection (local anchor + regional multi-year support). Rankings vary by postal code and corpus updates.

**Do not publish a fixed cultivar ranking from this page.**

## Commercial interpretation

NTEP commercial `*` markers are historical report evidence, not live inventory.

## Identity

AOSCA is used where identity has been confirmed (display names only).

## Limitations

- Results are informational, not a performance guarantee.
- Commercial availability is unknown.
- Sparse regions may yield thin or fallback evidence plans.