Annual ryegrass
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
Annual Ryegrass is an introduced, cool season bunchgrass and is commonly used alone for establishing quick cover for many applications. This versatile, very fast establishing grass is highly adaptable in much of North America.
Commonly used as a quick cover monoculture in lawns or highly erodible areas
Used for soil stabilization, cover cropping and nurse crop
Very good component in forage and annual pasture mixes
Not drought and heat tolerant
In warmer climates can persist as a short-lived perennial
Avoid turfgrass mixes with high percentages of annual rye
Growing Region
- Midwest, Intermountain West, Southeast, California, Pacific Northwest
