with Smuts finger grass.
Creeping grasses
These grass types recover well after
heavy grazing but, typical of a summer-growing
grass, it has a low digestibility.
Examples of creeping grass types
include kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum)
- which prefers fertile soils - as
well as the drought tolerant and soilbinding
bhai grass or the versatile
star grass (Cynodon species).
Winter-growing Gr
Temperate pasture
ter during cooler
spring and autum
stay green during w
frost and are often
than summer-grow
Tuft-forming temp
Choose the right g
ing intensity of y
example, perennia
erate heavy grazin
grass (Dactylis glom
ter when lightly gra
Figure 3: An ewe and her twins grazing on Westerworld ryegra
Grassroots Vol 20 No 2 June 2020