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What is the difference in coastal Bermuda and Bermuda grass?

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"Coastal bermuda" and "bermuda grass" are common names frequently used for the same lawn and livestock forage grass species, Cynodon dactylon. This species is pan-tropical and there are varieties adapted for a wide range of soils found in Australia, the United States, Fiji, Bangladesh, South Africa, South America, Cuba, and Suriname, among other areas (Source: fao.org).

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