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
Glossary
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Adventitious Roots |
Roots that grow directly from a stem.
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Apex |
The top of the plant.
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Apical |
At the apex.
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Auricle |
Outgrowths at the base of a grass leaf blade that may wrap around the stem.  |
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Awn |
Hair or bristle like appendage to a seed.
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Axil of leaf |
The angle between a leaf stalk and the stem of a plant.
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Axillary |
Arising in the axil.
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Biennial |
A plant with a two year life span, flowering in its second year.
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Blade of a leaf |
The main flat part of a leaf.
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Bract |
A leaf type structure immediately below a flower.
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Chlorophyll |
The green pigment of plants, important in photosynthesis.
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Compound Leaves |
Leaves composed of two or more separate leaflets.
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Coteyledon(s) |
The first leaf or leaves of a germinating plant, forming part of the seed embryo.
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Deciduous |
Falling off. A plant that looses its leaves in winter.
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Epidermis |
Outer layer (skin) of cells.
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Glabrous |
Not hairy
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Habit
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The shape or form of the plant. |
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Habitat |
The place in which a plant grows.
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Herb
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Non woody broad-leaved plant, dying down in the winter. |
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Hoary |
With a covering of small hairs that give a whitish appearance.
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Indigenous |
Native to the area.
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Inflorescence |
Flower head.
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Internode |
The length of stem between two nodes.
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Lamina |
The blade or flat part of a leaf.
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Lateral |
At the side.
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Legume |
A family of plants that includes Clover, Lucerne (Alfa alfa), Peas, Beans, Lupins.
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Ligule |
Vertical membraneous appendage that grows where the leaf blade meets the stem on some grasses.
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Lignified |
Thickened and strengthened by deposits of woody material.
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Node |
The part of a stem from where a leaf arises, the thicker bumps on straw or stalky hay.
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Panicle |
Inflorescene where flowers are born on branching stalks  |
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Perennial |
Has a life span of more than two years.
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Petiole |
The leaf stalk.
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Phloem |
Plant tissue used for transporting food around the plant.
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Plumule |
The young shoot that emerges from a seed.
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Raceme |
Inflorescence where flowers are born on non-branching stalks.  |
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Radicle |
The young root that emerges from a seed.
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Rhizomatous |
Having rhizomes.
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Rhizome |
An underground stem. Can be identified as not being a root as rhizomes have buds that will readily
produce shoots. Roots do not have buds.
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Root nodule |
A swelling on a legume root
that contains bacteria able to convert nitrogen from the air to a form that can be used by the plant.
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Spike |
Inflorescence where flowers are born directly on the main stem.  |
| Spikelet Back |
The unit part of a grass inflorescence containing one or more flower. |
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Stipule |
An outgrowth at the base of a leaf.
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Stolon |
A stem that grows horizontally close to the ground, readily producing roots from the nodes.
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Stoloniferous |
Having stolons.
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Succulent |
Soft and juicy.
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Tap-Root |
A large vertical root that act as a food store, having lateral fibrous roots.
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Tendril |
A slender outgrowth of a plant that wraps around suitable objects to provide support to the plant.
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Terminal |
At the end.
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Testa |
The outer "skin" of a seed.
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Tiller |
Secondary "plantlets" that grow from the base of a grass plant.
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Trifoliate |
Having a compound leaf
consisting of three leaflets.
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Umbel |
Inflorescence with flowers on stalks arising from one point.  |
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Whorl |
Three or more plant structures of the same type around a stem, at the same height.
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Xylem |
Plant tissue used for the movement of water and dissolved minerals, becomes woody in older plants.
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