Abstract:By the method of randomly digging up whole ramet tuft while maintaini ng natural integrity, large samples of Cynodon dactylon clones were collecte d from a grape orchard abandoned for 2 years without any management in the Yili River Valley Plain of Xinjiang, aimed to quantitatively analyze the growth patte rns of their modules. The results showed that the average ramet number of test 3 0 clones reached 2726±1866, among which, vegetative ramets occupied 823%, being 43 times higher than reproductive ones. The total biomass of the clones was 454±400 g, in which, rhizomes accounted for 544%, while the vegetati ve ramets, stolons, and reproductive ramets occupied 210%, 148%, and 94% o f the total, respectively. The accumulative length of rhizomes and stolons reached 51±47 m and 33±34 m, while the bud number on stolons and rhizomes was 2915±2468 and 788±874, respectively. The bud number on stolons and rhizomes was positively correlated to the quantitative characters of vegetative rame ts, reproductive ramets, stolons, and rhizomes (P<001), indicating that in Yili River Valley Plain, C. dactylon clone could achieve and maintain its c ontinuous renovation via rhizome buds.