Forage is a plant material eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage.
Ornamental grasses are grasses grown as ornamental plants. Ornamental grasses are popular in many colder hardiness zones for their resilience to cold temperatures and aesthetic value throughout fall and winter seasons.
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae. They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus Festuca into the genus Lolium, or alternatively into the segregate genus Schedonorus.
Festuca ovina, sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue.
Uniola paniculata, also known as sea oats, seaside oats, araña, and arroz de costa, is a tall subtropical grass that is an important component of coastal sand dune and beach plant communities in the southeastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands.
Festuca pratensis, the meadow fescue, is a perennial species of grass, which is often used as an ornamental grass in gardens, and is also an important forage crop.
Andrographis paniculata, commonly known as creat or green chiretta, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka.
Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue, creeping red fescue or the rush-leaf fescue. It is widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere and can tolerate many habitats and climates. It is best adapted to well-drained soils in cool, temperate climates; it prefers shadier areas and is often planted for its shade tolerance. Wild animals browse it, but it has not been important for domestic forage due to low productivity and palatability. It is also an ornamental plant for gardens.
Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.
Festuca californica is a species of grass known by the common name California fescue.
Festuca idahoensis is a species of grass known by the common names Idaho fescue and blue bunchgrass. It is native to western North America, where it is widespread and common. It can be found in many ecosystems, from shady forests to open plains grasslands.
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial plants, most species live more than one season. Tussock grasses are often found as forage in pastures and ornamental grasses in gardens.
Festuca amethystina, also known as the tufted fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe, including Turkey. It is perennial and grows in temperate biomes. It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.
Festuca mairei, the Atlas fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The bunchgrass is endemic to north Africa.
Festuca durissima is a species of grass.
Festuca alatavica is a species in the grass family Poaceae. It was first described in 1934 by Alfred Saint-Yves. It is native to Central Asia and West Himalaya. It is perennial and grows in temperate biomes.
Festuca burnatii is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in Spain. It was first published in 1913.
Festuca indigesta is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Algeria, Corse, France, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. It is perennial and mainly grows in temperate biomes. It was first described as a species by Pierre Edmond Boissier, and now is published in 1838 as Festuca indigesta.
Festuca pallescens is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to southern Chile and Argentina. It is perennial and prefers to grow in temperate biomes. It was first described in 1953 in Argentina.
