Grasses, Natural
AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA (Creeping Bent Grass). – Useful for damp meadows.
ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS (Meadow Foxtail). – Strong-growing and very nutritious.
ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM (True Sweet Vernal), – Hardy and gives fragrance to hay.
AVENA FLAVESCENS (Yellow Oat Grass). – Fine for sheep; grows freely on light soils.
CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS (Crested Dogstail). – Suitable for any soil.
DACTYLIS GLOMERATA (Cocksfoot). – Strong and coarse-growing; cattle are fond of it.
FESTUCA DURIUSCULA (Hard Fescue). – Dwarf-growing; excellent for sheep.
FESTUCA ELATIOR (Tall Fescue). – Useful for cold, strong soils.
FESTUCA OVINA (Sheep’s Fescue). – Fine for dry, sandy soils.
FESTUCA OVINA TENUIFOLIA (Slender Fescue). – Suitable for mountain pastures.
FESTUCA PRATENSIS (Meadow Fescue). – Good permanent grass for rich, moist soil.
PHLEUM PRATENSE (Timothy, or Catstail). – Suitable for strong soils; nutritious and hardy.
POA NEMORALIS (Wood Meadow Grass). – Good for poor soils.
POA PRATENSIS (Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass). – Grows well on light, dry soil, and also in water-meadows.
POA TRIVIALIS (Rough-stalked Meadow Grass). – Fine for damp soil.
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