Grasses
Grass Ident Key
Perennial Ryegrass
Italian Ryegrass
Cocksfoot
Timothy
Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass
Rough Stalked Meadowgrass
Annual Meadowgrass
Creeping Red Fescue
Chewings Fescue
Sheeps Fescue
Crested Dogstail
Yorkshire Fog
Sweet Vernal Grass
Pasture has the potential to provide
1. The horses nutrition
2. A Safe exercise area
Potentials rarely achieved, often neglected
All information given here is believed to be correct but the author cannot be responsible for any consequences of it's use.
Pasture Management
for
Horses
by Denis Lindsell
Grass Ident Key
Perennial Ryegrass
Italian Ryegrass
Cocksfoot
Timothy
Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass
Rough Stalked Meadowgrass
Annual Meadowgrass
Creeping Red Fescue
Chewings Fescue
Sheeps Fescue
Crested Dogstail
Yorkshire Fog
Sweet Vernal Grass
Timothy Phleum pratense
Slow regrowth
Low persistence if with Ryegrasses and is grazed intensively
Very winter hardy
Tolerates low fertility
Low mineral content
Mature herbage is extremely low in digestibility and crude protein
Uses for Timothy
Useful in cool wet conditions on peaty or heavy soils.
No auricles
Useful early growth on uplands.
Round shoot
Obvious pointed or rounded ligule
Leaf blade gently ribbed on upper surface, smooth below.
Inflorescence - dense panicle, could easily be mistaken for a spike, cylindrical ( giving rise to the common family name of cat's tail).
Timothy Leafbase
