Lawn gurus (or those who slept at a Holiday In Express last night)

Hey Lounge, I could use some lawn info/advice. FWIW I live in the Philly burbs.

To cure my pandemic boredom I decided to dethatch my yard (bought a Greenworks electric dethatcher). Backyard worked well (very dense grass, not sure what type, pulled up lots of thatch). Front yard is another story. It has areas of a grass that I can't ID. Very fine blades, and I've noticed in the past it doesn't seem to form much of an in-ground root network. If I grab soem and pull it lifts away from the ground. Suffice it to say the dethatcher ripped the hell out of it. So my questions are:

1) What type of grass is this?
2) If I overseed with tall fescue can I outcompete this stuff? (I'd like to replace this stuff with fescue or other "normal" grass if possible)
3) Have I destroyed my front yard?

TIA
[Post edited by Trogdor at 09/13/2020 12:24PM]

Posted: 09/13/2020 at 12:24PM

Lawn gurus (or those who slept at a Holiday In Express last night) -- Trogdor 09/13/2020 12:24PM

Looks like Common Bermuda to me. It will invade a lawn and has different -- DonHo-kieHi 09/13/2020 9:30PM

Looks like some kind of sedge to me. I have some nut sedge that has short -- IB4TECH 09/13/2020 2:12PM

Those dethatchers are grate. Worked well on my bermuda. -- 48zip 09/13/2020 1:36PM

Yeah I'll admit it was fun using the dethatcher -- Trogdor 09/13/2020 1:43PM

I hear ya. I tried nuking 2-3 times. Direct sun facing siuth, fescue never -- 48zip 09/13/2020 1:52PM

Not what I see in the picture but Japanese stiltgrass? -- `lag 09/13/2020 12:53PM

Considering your location I'm guessing creeping fescue -- typed by ben 09/13/2020 12:43PM

Thanks, seems like a good guess. -- Trogdor 09/13/2020 1:25PM

Strike that, reverse it -- Trogdor 09/13/2020 1:46PM

That's my very best guess ** -- typed by ben 09/13/2020 6:58PM

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