Identifying pasture grasses

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production when forage heads out. Forage quality decreases as plants age. This occurs because, as plants get larger and more stemmy, a greater percentage of nutrients and dry matter is tied up in non-digestible forms (such as lignin). 6 PASTURE GRASSES 7 vegetative growth internode elongationstem elongation early heading seed forming carbohydrate

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