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1. www.redandblack.com › sports › behind-the-hedges-aBehind the hedges: A history of Sanford Stadium’s greenery

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   Aug 27, 2024 · As generations of Bulldog fans would tell you, there’s no line of shrubbery as iconic to sports as the hedges of the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium. The Chinese privet bushes that ...

2. www.walterreeves.com › landscaping › uga-sanfordUGA Sanford Stadium – Privet Hedge - Walter Reeves

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   Q: At one of your radio remote broadcasts you asked what was the plant surrounding the football field at Sanford Stadium in Athens. I answered “English privet” but you said that wasn’t right. However, several online sources call it English privet. As a Bulldog fan, I’ve got to know: what is the hedge? A: You.

3. news.uga.edu › between-the-hedges-and-between-theBetween the hedges and between the genomes - news.uga.edu

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   Nov 1, 2024 · There is something in the genome that we can target to control privet as a pest plant.” History of the hedges left much to be discovered In addition to comparing the hedges with the types of environments they grow in, Leebens-Mack tested whether the hedges in Sanford Stadium today were genetic clones or cousins of the hedges first planted in 1929.

4. alumni.uga.edu › 2024/03/20 › about-behind-andAbout, Behind and Between the Hedges - UGA Alumni

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   Mar 20, 2024 · The hedges’ storied history began in 1926 at the Rose Bowl, when a UGA Athletic Department employee noticed the red rosebushes surrounding the field. Meanwhile, back in Athens, UGA’s president at the time, Steadman V. Sanford, had started construction on what he hoped would become the best college football stadium in the South.

5. flagpole.com › news › commentThe Story Behind Sanford Stadium's Iconic Hedges - Flagpole

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   Aug 30, 2023 · Followers of the Red and Black believe there’s something magic about playing “between the hedges.” Just ask Fran Tarkenton, Herschel Walker or Stetson Bennett IV: You can’t kill privet Ligustrum. And you can’t kill the legend of how the hedges got to Sanford Stadium. Just ask Henri Leon Farmer IV or Lamartine Griffin Hardman V.

6. diversity.franklin.uga.edu › news › storiesAncestry of Sanford Stadium hedges goes into the lab

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   Nov 1, 2024 · There is something in the genome that we can target to control privet as a pest plant.” In addition to comparing the hedges with the types of environments they grow in, Leebens-Mack tested whether the hedges in Sanford Stadium today were genetic clones or cousins of the hedges first planted in 1929.

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   Why are there privet plants at Sanford Stadium?

   • Their privet plants are the original. The UGA hedges also provide an opportunity to see the privet as more than a pesky weed. “Sanford is such a gorgeous stadium, and we hope our research will help maintain that because now we know what the groundskeepers have been doing works,” Leebens-Mack said.

   Between the hedges and between the genomes: UGA maps genetic line…

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   Are Sanford Stadium Hedges genetic?

   • This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: UGA course maps out genetic lineage of iconic Sanford Stadium hedges Today's UGA botanical mascot has nearly identical genomes as the first hedges planted in Sanford Stadium in 1929.

   Between the hedges and between the genomes: UGA maps genetic line…

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   Why are there hedges around Sanford Stadium?

   • Covering about 5,000 square feet around the playing field, the hedges take up a significant amount of sideline. This became an issue when Sanford Stadium was used to host soccer games for the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta.

   About, Behind and Between the Hedges - UGA Alumni

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   Are Sanford Stadium Hedges clones?

   • Clippings were taken and kept in nurseries and replanted after the Olympic games, but no one checked to verify that the plants in Sanford Stadium today are truly clones of those removed in 1996. Until now. Leebens-Mack and Edison’s students confirmed that today’s hedges are from the same stock as their predecessors with nearly identical genomes.

   Between the hedges and between the genomes: UGA maps genetic line…

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   When were the hedges removed from Sanford Stadium?

   • When they were removed from the stadium for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it had been close to 70 years since the original hedges were placed in Sanford Stadium.

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   Are there bushes at the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium?

   • As generations of Bulldogs would tell you, there’s no line of shrubbery as iconic to sports as the hedges of the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium. The Chinese privet bushes – Ligustrum sinense, taxonomically speaking – that frame Dooley Field have seen every Georgia home game since 1929.

   About, Behind and Between the Hedges - UGA Alumni

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8. news.yahoo.com › news › between-hedges-betweenBetween the hedges and between the genomes: UGA maps genetic ...

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   Nov 13, 2024 · There is something in the genome that we can target to control privet as a pest plant.” History of the hedges left much to be discovered In addition to comparing the hedges with the types of environments they grow in, Leebens-Mack tested whether the hedges in Sanford Stadium today were genetic clones or cousins of the hedges first planted in 1929.