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Plant image Part image Common name Binomial name Distribution Edible parts and uses Ref. Yarrow Achillea millefolium: Native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere All parts in small quantity, leaves when young [35] [36] Amaranth, pigweed, tumbleweed Amaranthus retroflexus: Native to the tropical Americas, but widespread worldwide
Sorghum grown as forage crop.. Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. [1] 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.
Alfalfa is a perennial forage legume which normally lives four to eight years, but can live more than 20 years, depending on variety and climate. [4] The plant grows to a height of up to 1 metre (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet), and has a deep root system, sometimes growing to a depth of more than 15 m (49 ft) to reach groundwater. Typically the root system ...
A. Acacia colei; Acacia victoriae; Acaciella angustissima; Acroceras macrum; Aegilops speltoides; Albizia; Albizia canescens; Albizia lebbeck; Alfalfa; Alopecurus ...
White clover, a forage crop. Forage legumes are of two broad types. Some, like alfalfa, clover, vetch , stylo (Stylosanthes), or Arachis, are sown in pasture and grazed by livestock. Others, such as Leucaena or Albizia, are woody shrubs or trees that are either broken down by livestock or regularly cut by humans to provide fodder. Legume-based ...
There are of two broad types of forage legumes. Some, like alfalfa, clover, vetch, and Arachis, are sown in pasture and grazed by livestock. Other forage legumes such as Leucaena or Albizia are woody shrub or tree species that are either broken down by livestock or regularly cut by humans to provide fodder.
The English name "goat's-rue" is a translation of the Latin Ruta capraria, used for the plant in 1554 when it was considered to be related to Ruta graveolens, or common rue. [9] The Latin specific epithet officinalis refers to plants with some medicinal, culinary or herbal attributes. [10] Galega bicolor is a synonym.
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. [13] 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 ...