North Carolina Lawn Care Guide

Name: North Carolina Lawn Care Data
Creator: USDA / NOAA
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Lawn care guide for 100 counties · Average LDS: 26/100

North Carolina covers USDA hardiness zones 6–9, with lawn difficulty averaging 26/100 across 100 counties. Centipedegrass is the most widely recommended grass in the state.

Counties by Lawn Difficulty

County	LDS	Zone	Top Grass
Gates County	15	8a	Bermudagrass
Randolph County	16	8a	Bahiagrass
Camden County	17	8a	Bermudagrass
Catawba County	17	8a	Bahiagrass
Davidson County	17	8a	Bahiagrass
Davie County	17	7b	Tall Fescue
Granville County	17	7b	Tall Fescue
Guilford County	17	8a	Bahiagrass
Iredell County	17	8a	Bahiagrass
Person County	17	7b	Tall Fescue
Lincoln County	18	8a	Bahiagrass
Perquimans County	18	8a	Centipedegrass
Swain County	18	7b	Tall Fescue
Buncombe County	19	7b	Tall Fescue
Franklin County	19	8a	Bahiagrass
Warren County	19	8a	Bahiagrass
Yadkin County	20	7b	Centipedegrass
Forsyth County	21	7b	Centipedegrass
Cabarrus County	22	8a	Bahiagrass
Chatham County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Henderson County	22	7b	Centipedegrass
Orange County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Rowan County	22	7b	Centipedegrass
Stokes County	22	7b	Centipedegrass
Surry County	22	7b	Centipedegrass
Alamance County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Brunswick County	23	8b	Bermudagrass
Caldwell County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Durham County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Gaston County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Lee County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Rockingham County	23	7b	Centipedegrass
Vance County	23	7b	Centipedegrass
Wake County	23	8a	Centipedegrass
Alexander County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Burke County	24	7b	Centipedegrass
Caswell County	24	7b	Centipedegrass
Cleveland County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Haywood County	24	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Hertford County	24	8a	Bermudagrass
Mecklenburg County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Nash County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Union County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Wilkes County	24	7b	Centipedegrass
Cherokee County	25	7b	Tall Fescue
Cumberland County	25	8a	Bermudagrass
Currituck County	25	8b	Centipedegrass
Edgecombe County	25	8a	Bermudagrass
Harnett County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Jones County	25	8b	Bermudagrass
Montgomery County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Moore County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Pasquotank County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Stanly County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Anson County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Chowan County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Clay County	26	7b	Tall Fescue
Halifax County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Hyde County	26	8b	Centipedegrass
Johnston County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Madison County	26	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
McDowell County	26	7b	Centipedegrass
Northampton County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Robeson County	26	8b	Bermudagrass
Rutherford County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Tyrrell County	26	8b	Bermudagrass
Wilson County	27	8a	Bermudagrass
Beaufort County	28	8b	Bermudagrass
Bertie County	28	8a	Bermudagrass
Martin County	28	8a	Bermudagrass
Richmond County	28	8a	Centipedegrass
Sampson County	28	8a	Bermudagrass
Bladen County	29	8b	Bermudagrass
Columbus County	29	8b	Bermudagrass
Craven County	29	8b	Bermudagrass
Greene County	29	8a	Bermudagrass
Lenoir County	29	8a	Bermudagrass
Pitt County	29	8a	Bermudagrass
Wayne County	29	8a	Bermudagrass
Pamlico County	30	8b	Bermudagrass
Pender County	30	8b	Centipedegrass
Washington County	30	8a	Bermudagrass
Ashe County	31	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Dare County	31	9a	Centipedegrass
Jackson County	31	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Scotland County	31	8a	Centipedegrass
Avery County	32	6b	Kentucky Bluegrass
Transylvania County	32	7b	Tall Fescue
Alleghany County	33	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Carteret County	33	8b	Centipedegrass
Graham County	33	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Hoke County	33	8a	Centipedegrass
Watauga County	33	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Mitchell County	34	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
Polk County	35	8a	Centipedegrass
Duplin County	38	8a	Centipedegrass
Onslow County	38	8b	Centipedegrass
Macon County	40	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass
New Hanover County	41	8b	Bermudagrass
Yancey County	41	7a	Kentucky Bluegrass