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Lolium perenne, common name perennial ryegrass, [1] English ryegrass, winter ryegrass, or ray grass, is a grass from the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but is widely cultivated and naturalised around the world. Lolium perenne, showing ligule and ribbed leaf
Lolium multiflorum (Italian rye-grass, [2] annual ryegrass) is a ryegrass native to temperate Europe, though its precise native range is unknown. [ 3 ] It is a herbaceous annual , biennial , or perennial grass that is grown for silage , and as a cover crop .
Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera. They are characterized by bunch-like growth habits.
Lolium rigidum is a diploid grass with a chromosome number of n=7 (2n=14). It exhibits much genetic variability and grows readily in a variety of situations and habitats. It can hybridise with both perennial (L. perenne) and Italian ryegrass (L. multiflorum), as well as some species of Festuca.
Annual ryegrass is a common name for several species of ryegrass and may refer to: Lolium multiflorum , known as "annual ryegrass" in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and grown as a cover crop
Lolium arundinaceum, tall fescue is a cool-season perennial C 3 species of grass that is native to Europe and introduced to California.It occurs on woodland margins, in grassland and in coastal marshes.
White clover is commonly grown in mixtures with forage grasses, e.g. perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). [28] [29] [30] Such mixtures can not only optimize livestock production, but can also reduce the bloat risk to livestock that can be associated with excessive white clover in pastures. [31]
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).