PASTURE ID

Identify these pasture plants commonly grazed by sheep/goats. Use the quiz to enhance your knowledge and/or study for skillathon competitions. Each quiz will randomly choose 10 pasture plants from the quiz bank. Ten points each.  At the end of the quiz, you will see which questions you got right, as well as your overall score and the correct answers.

There is a separate quiz for harvested forages.
 This is one of the most common forages in pastures.

 
 
 This forage is a fast-growing warm season legume.

 
 
 This short-lived perennial is commonly included in pasture mixes for sheep and goats.

 This sod-forming perennial forage tolerates wet soils.

 This leafy forage is usually planted to extend the grazing season.

 
 
 This "Queen of the forages" should be grazed by animals with high nutritional needs.




 
This legume does not cause bloat.

 This is the best forage for stockpiling for later grazing.

 
 
  Sheep/goats that graze this forage have fewer problems with internal parasites (worms).

 The dwarf variety of this forage is preferred for sheep/goats.