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Forage (militaty
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage. While the term ''forage'' has a broad definition, the term ''forage crop'' is used to define crops, annual or biennial, which are grown to be utilized by grazing or harvesting as a whole crop. Common forages Grasses Grass forages include: *''Agrostis'' spp. – bentgrasses **''Agrostis capillaris'' – common bentgrass **''Agrostis stolonifera'' – creeping bentgrass *'' Andropogon hallii'' – sand bluestem *''Arrhenatherum elatius'' – false oat-grass *''Bothriochloa bladhii'' – Australian bluestem *''Bothriochloa pertusa'' – hurricane grass *''Brachiaria decumbens'' – Surinam grass *''Brachiaria humidicola'' – ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothriochloa Bladhii
''Bothriochloa bladhii'' (commonly called, variously, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem, forest-bluegrass, plains bluestem, and purple plume grass) is a Neotropic grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in tropical Africa, and tropical and temperate Asia, and Australia. The type specimen was collected from China by Finnish botanist Peter Johan Bladh. The name of Bladh is honored in the specific epithet. Distribution ''Bothriochloa bladhii'' is native to Africa from Senegal and Ethiopia southwards to South Africa; the Middle East; much of temperate and tropical, southern and eastern Asia, Malesia, and Australia. ''Bothriochloa bladhii'' has also become naturalized elsewhere in the neotropics. Uses ''Bothriochloa bladhii'' is used as stored food for local livestock, and as a grazing plant by both livestock and wild ruminants. It is sometimes planted as a revegetator, to restore disturbed land. References External linksGrassBase page for ''Bothriochloa bladhii'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festuca Pratensis
''Lolium pratense'', meadow fescue is a perennial species of grass, which is often used as an ornamental in gardens, and is also an important forage crop. It grows in meadows, roadsides, old pastures, and riversides on moist, rich soils, especially on loamy and heavy soils. Most publications have used the names ''Festuca pratensis'' or, more recently, ''Schedonorus pratensis'' for this species, but DNA studies appear to have settled a long debate that it should be included within the genus ''Lolium'' instead. Description Meadow fescue is a tuft-forming perennial (called a bunchgrass in the US), with erect to spreading hollow flowering stems up to about 1 m (3 ft) tall (exceptionally up to 120 cm) which are quite hairless (glabrous), including the leaf sheaths. At the top of the sheath is a short (1 mm) ligule and pointed auricles that can wrap slightly around the stem. The leaf blade is flat, up to about 8 mm wide, and also glabrous, but rough on the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festuca Arundinacea
''Lolium arundinaceum'', commonly known as tall fescue, is a cool-season, perennial C3 grass species native to Europe and introduced to North America and other parts of the world. It naturally occurs in grasslands and coastal marshes.Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (n.d.). Tall Fescue (''Lolium arundinaceum''). Texas Invasive Plant Database/ref> Tall fescue is grown in a range of Cultivar, cultivars, widely used for livestock forage, in lawns and recreational areas as turf, and occasionally for managing soil erosion. Most publications have used the names ''Festuca arundinacea'' or, more recently, ''Schedonorus arundinaceus'' for this species, but DNA studies appear to have settled a long debate that it should be included within the genus ''Lolium'' instead. Description Tall fescue is a long-lived tuft-forming perennial with erect to spreading hollow flowering stems up to about tall (exceptionally up to 200 cm) which are hairless (glabrous), including the leaf sheath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festuca
''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (''Lolium''), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus ''Festuca'' into the genus ''Lolium'', or alternatively into the segregate genus '' Schedonorus''. Because the taxonomy is complex, scientists have not determined how many true species belong to the genus, but estimates range from more than 400 to over 640. Fescue pollen is a significant contributor to hay fever. Taxonomy The genus ''Festuca'' represents a major evolutionary line of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entolasia Imbricata
''Entolasia'' is a genus of African, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are rhizome, rhizomatous perennials.''Entolasia''. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. ; Species /ref> * ''Entolasia imbricata''''Entolasia imbricata''. FAO. - bungoma grass - central + southern Africa * ''Entolasia marginata'' - bordered panic, Australian panicgrass - New Guinea, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinochloa Pyramidalis
''Echinochloa pyramidalis'' is a species of large grass, occurring naturally in flooded regions and beside lakes in tropical Africa and America, and introduced to various other countries. It is commonly known as antelope grass. Description ''Echinochloa pyramidalis'' is a large, perennial, reed-like grass growing to a height of about or even taller. The stems are solid and roots grow from the lower nodes. The leaves are stiff and blade-shaped and up to long, the ligules of the lower leaves having a fringe of short hairs round the margin which are absent from those of the upper leaves. The leaf sheaths can be either hairy or glabrous (hairless). The inflorescence has a central axis some long, the racemes on either side being up to long and bearing short-stalked, purplish, acute, awnless spikelets some long. This is a strong-growing plant with a fasciculated (arranged in bundles) root system and in suitable localities, forms dense stands of even height. Distribution and habi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dactylis Glomerata
''Dactylis glomerata'' is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, known as cock's-foot,Interactive Flora of NW Europ''Dactylis glomerata'' (Cock's-foot)/ref> also colloquially as orchard grass, or cat grass (due to its popularity for use with cats, domestic cats). It is a cool-season perennial C3 carbon fixation, C3 tussock grass, tufted grass native throughout most of Europe, temperate Asia, and northern Africa.Flora Europaea''Dactylis glomerata'' Distribution ''Dactylis glomerata'' occurs from sea level in the north of its range, to as high as 4,000 metres in elevation in the south of its range in Pakistan. It is widely used for hay and forage. It is a principal species in the widespread British National Vegetation Classification, National Vegetation Classification habitat community British NVC community MG1, MG1 (''Arrhenatherum elatius'' grassland) in the United Kingdom, and so can be found with ''Arrhenatherum elatius'' (false oat grass). It can be found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynodon Dactylon
''Cynodon dactylon'', commonly known as Bermuda grass, also known as couch grass in Australia and New Zealand, is a grass found worldwide. It is native to Europe, Africa, Australia and much of Asia. It has been introduced to the Americas. Contrary to its common name, it is not native to Bermuda and is in fact an abundant invasive species there. In Bermuda it has been known as "crab grass" (also a name for ''Digitaria sanguinalis''). Other names are ''Dhoob'', ''dūrvā'' grass, ''ethana'' grass, ''dubo'', dog grass, dog's tooth grass, Bahama grass, crab grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian ''doab'', ''arugampul'', grama, wiregrass and scutch grass. Hybrid species of Cynodon dactylon have been produced known as Cynodon dactylon x transvaalensis. These are Interspecific hybrids from cross-pollination of plants of different species. Vegetatively propagated Bermuda/couch hybrid varieties are developed by a selection of superior plants from established seeded or vegetatively prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloris Gayana
''Chloris gayana'' is a species of grass known by the common name Rhodes grass. It is native to Africa but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world as a naturalized species. It can grow in many types of habitat. It is also cultivated in some areas as a palatable graze for animals and a groundcover to reduce erosion and quickly revegetate denuded soil. It is tolerant of moderately saline and alkaline soils and irrigation. Description This is a perennial grass which can reach one half to nearly three meters in height and spreads via stolons. It forms tufts and can spread into wide monotypic stands. The inflorescence is a single or double whorl of fingerlike racemes up to 15 centimeters long. Each spikelet in the raceme is a few millimeters long and contains one or two fertile florets and up to four sterile florets. Growing conditions Its seasonal growth is in the spring and summer and its rainfall requirement is 600–750 mm per year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenchrus Ciliaris
''Cenchrus ciliaris'' (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. ''Pennisetum ciliare'' (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe (Sicily). Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. Description African foxtail grass is a perennial grass growing to tall. The leaves are linear, long and wide. The flowers are produced in a panicle long and wide. Distribution African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia. It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to . It is considered a good forage grass in Africa. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content. As a key species for pastoralism, Cenchrus ciliaris is projected, in one simulation, to expand its overall range in East Africa under a high-emission scenario ( RCP 8.5) in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromus
''Bromus'' is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae. They are commonly known as bromes, brome grasses, cheat grasses, or chess grasses. Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 to 400, but plant taxonomists currently recognize around 160–170 species. ''Bromus'' is part of the cool-season grass lineage (subfamily Pooideae), which includes about 3300 species. Within Pooideae, ''Bromus'' is classified in tribe Bromeae (it is the only genus in the tribe). ''Bromus'' is closely related to the wheat-grass lineage (tribe Triticeae) that includes such economically important genera as ''Triticum'' (wheat), ''Hordeum'' (barley) and ''Secale'' (rye). Etymology The generic name ''Bromus'' is derived from the Latin ''bromos'', a borrowed word from the Ancient Greek (). and mean ''oats'', but seems to have referred specifically to '' Avena sativa'' (Hippocrates ''On Regimen in Acute Diseases'' 2.43, Dioscorides Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
