TR 6-10

TR 6-10

St. Augustinegrass named ‘TR 6-10’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2024. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17095, the photograph of TR 6-10 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17095, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

St. Augustinegrass ‘TR 6-10’ is a perennial St. Augustinegrass cultivar with dwarf turfgrass characteristics. ‘TR 6-10’ is a bright, dark green color and yet exhibits a dwarf, low growing habit. It is more wear tolerant than other St. Augustinegrasses and it is the most shade tolerant cultivar of a species that is highly regarded for this characteristic.

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1. A new and distinct perennial St. Augustinegrass cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its dark green color, improved turfgrass quality, shade tolerance, pest tolerance, dwarf characteristics including short narrow leaf structure, and short average internode length, and vegetative propagation which permits maintenance of a stable genotype.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17095 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract