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forage plant inventory

What plants do you have in your pastures, haylands, or anywhere else needed to feed and graze ruminants? What weeds do you have? Do you have poisonous plants to be concerned about? Are you planning on seeding some perennials or even making a cover crop mix for grazing? These questions are great to remember when checking out the links below!

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Understanding the Forage Sward

functional plant families
perennial forage species list
annual forage species list
plant growth & reproduction
selecting a perennial forage mixture
selecting a cover crop mixture
how to increase plant density
reasons diversity is important

About Weeds & Poisonous Plants

a big list of common weeds
What weeds tell us
poisonous plants to ruminants
why herbicides shouldn't be ruled out
Tips on managing weeds

Plant Species

Please note that this is, by no means, a complete list. More will be added as time goes on, depending on requests and the commonality of how problematic (or popular) a certain weed or forage species, respectively, is. 

Forage Species

Common alfalfa
Yellow-flowered alfalfa
cicer milkvetch
sainfoin
smooth brome

Weed & Poisonous Plant Species

Canada thistle
Absinthe Wormwood