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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