COMMON GRASSES AND LEGUMES

COMMON GRASSES AND LEGUMES OF LIVESTOCK AND THEIR BOTANICAL NAMES.  a brief list of grasses and Legumes please you continue reading, take a few minutes to check out the following post as they will give you more insight on the topic

1. 1. weed  and their botanical names
   2. classification of crops
   3. plant kingdom classified
   4. range land management
   5. pre planting operations in agriculture

Common Grasses and their botanical name

Common Name Botanical Name read details here
1 Elephant grass Pennisetum purpureum
2 Guinea grass Panicum maximum
3 Giant star grass Cynodon plestostachyum is a type of common Grasses and Legumes
4 Carpet grass Axonopus compressus
5 Spear grass Imperrata cylindrical
6 Bahama grass Cynodo dactylon
7 Northern gamba Andropogon gayanus
8 Souther gamba Andropogon tectorum

Common Legumes and their botanical name

Lists of common Legumes and grasses

Common Name Botanical Name
1 Centro Centrosema pubescens
2 Stylo Stylosanthes gracilis
3 Kudzu or puero Pueraria phaseoloides
4 Calopo Calopoganium mucunoides
5 Muccuna Muccuna utilis
6 Sun hemp Crotalaria juncea

Characteristics of some pasture crops

(1) Guinea grass (Panicum maximum): It is a dominant pasture grass in the rain forest zone. It is a bunchy or erect or tufted grass. It has a very vigorous growth of about 2m tall. It is perennial weed and has short underground rootstock. It is drought-resistant with high leaf to stem ratio. It is propagated by seeds or stolon. It is palatable to livestock and also good for making of hay. (2) It is a widely distributed pasture grass throughout the rain forest zone. It is erect and of about 3 – 5m tall. It is a perennial grass with cane-like stems and dull green or purplish leaf blade. It is a highly leafy, palatable and aggressive grass. It is a high yielding grass, propagated by stolon and it is good for making silage

COMMON GRASSES AND LEGUMES OF LIVESTOCK

(3) Giant Star grass (Cynodon plectostachyum) == common Grasses and Legumes

 It is a spreading, drought-resistant, perennial grass with a long and rapidly-growing stem. This grass grow more than one metric propagation high.

 It is most easily propagated by cuttings and once established, it spreads very quickly, thereby making it difficult to control. It makes a nutritious pasture grass and responds well to fertilizers, especially the phosphate Fertilizers.

(4) Carpet grass (Axonomus compressus): It is a perennial crop and a creeping type of grass. Its stems are creeping. Short, compressed and to-edged.

The stems have the tendency to root at the nodes. The grass does best on soil where the moisture is near to the surface but not on swamps. It is very aggressive and not nutritive. Hence, it is not so much recommended for pasture.