ID this grass?

Gabriel · #1 07/31/12, 04:26 PM

Maybe I should have reached out and touched it to show the one I meant. It's the one with fairly broad leaves coming off of the stems and the long seed heads on top. Thanks!

ID this grass? - Cattle

tinknal · #2 07/31/12, 05:17 PM

I think it is timothy

Good cow grub!

Gripshover · #3 07/31/12, 05:21 PM

Looks like fostail to me

tinknal · #4 07/31/12, 05:22 PM

Timothy-grass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

topside1 · #5 07/31/12, 05:26 PM

Foxtail gets my vote....Topside
foxtail grass - Bing

myersfarm · #6 07/31/12, 05:51 PM

foxtail here also

sammyd · #7 07/31/12, 06:30 PM

looks too "puffy" to be timothy even seeded out.
I'd bet foxtail as well.

A closer pic of a seed head would be nice

PaulNKS · #8 07/31/12, 06:38 PM

Those puffy ones are foxtail. But, you've got a mix of several grasses there.

SCRancher · #9 08/01/12, 05:46 AM

Yup my vote is also foxtail.

Awnry Abe · #10 08/01/12, 07:36 AM

I think timothy is a little taller, too.

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but since you have a photo...

How about comments on controlling the bad lespedesa? (It's too early to go look up the correct spelling).

bigbluegrass · #11 08/01/12, 08:19 AM

It is NOT timothy (at least not the fluffy seed head grass). I am certain it is NOT timothy. Timothy has a much tighter seed head.

I am with the foxtail folks. At least that is what we always called it. I am sure there is a more exact name.

Some varieties of millet also looks a lot like that but are normally taller.

Either way it is good cow food - they will eat it.

PaulNKS · #12 08/01/12, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrownRanch

I think timothy is a little taller, too.

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but since you have a photo...

How about comments on controlling the bad lespedesa? (It's too early to go look up the correct spelling).

The ONLY way to control sericea lespideza is spraying. Goats will eat it. Cattle will eat it when it is small and tender. However, if there is grass, cows will eat it first and never touch the lespideza.

People always say get goats. I have 40+ goats and i'll tell you that even though they like it, they eat everything else first.

There are only a couple sprays that will kill it. Also, once it's seed is in the ground it can lay there for 30 years before germinating.

Sericea Lespideza is a totally different plant than anything else. That is why there are only a couple chemicals that are effective.

Awnry Abe · #13 08/01/12, 09:33 AM

I've got a pretty nasty stand in one of my pastures. Bad enough that an untimely mowing will result in a canopy of the stuff that blots out the sun for everything else and is quite bothersome even for my ford 7710.

agmantoo · #14 08/01/12, 10:57 AM

If you live in an area impacted by drought learning how to deal with sericea lespedeza through grazing management IMO could be more meaningful than getting rid of it. My herd readily will eat sericea in the early growth period and it will survive and produce on marginal soils and conditions. In tests done in Alabama, sericea hay outperformed bermuda hay with higher daily gains and on less lbs of hay.
Those with any interest in growing sericea lespedeza may want to read this
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1318/ANR-1318.pdf

Awnry Abe · #15 08/01/12, 01:26 PM

I don't want to hijack OPs thread. I have specific Q's. I will start another thread.

Gabriel · #16 08/02/12, 08:58 AM

Thank you, everyone. After looking closely at the wiki' pic's, then going back to the pasture, I believe it's Foxtail. Not that it really matters what it is, the cattle love it!

I'll give my thoughts on the S. Lespedeza in the other thread.