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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 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 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 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.
Lolium arundinaceum, tall fescue is a cool-season perennial C 3 species of grass that is native to Europe and California. It occurs on woodland margins, in grassland and in coastal marshes. It occurs on woodland margins, in grassland and in coastal marshes.
Perennial cool-season – orchardgrass (cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata), fescue (Festuca spp.), Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) Annual warm-season – maize, sudangrass, and pearl millet; Perennial warm-season – big bluestem, Indiangrass, Bermudagrass and switchgrass.
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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]