• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I meant, can’t we just be more specific rather than use paraphyletic grouping?

    “What’s for dinner?”

    “Fish”

    “That could mean anything!”

    “You know I meant Actinopterygii.”

    “Still pretty broad.”

    “Oncorhynchus.”

    “You know how I feel about trout.”

    “Ugh. tshawytscha.”

    “Well, why didn’t you just say so in the first place?”

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          3 days ago

          I certainly agree that the texture of Poa Pratensis is much more pleasurable. However, being in zone 8 and not wanting to seed my entire lawn every year, I’m more familiar with E. ophiuroides and Zoysia japonica.

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            3 days ago

            That was a way more thorough response than I was expecting.

            Also, “zoysia” is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. How do you keep it under control?

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              3 days ago

              My yard is surrounded by pine forest, nature does a good job of keeping it from spreading too far. No flower beds, decorative plants in pots.

              It’s low maintenance and looks good enough for the backyard and I don’t have neighbors close enough to complain about rhizomes.