In the countryside can see a lot of "word grass", that is, can be used as feed of wild grasses, such as cereal forage crops such as corn, oats, barley, sorghum, millet, rye, etc., but these plants are also crops, which is equivalent to saying that the cost is very high, generally few flower friends take them as feed, but some plants grown in water may be used as animal feed, such as water flounder, water hyacinth, water peanuts, green ping, etc., and some woody plants can also be used as feed, common casuarina, acorns, Sumac, rubber, etc.
In fact, we can also see a kind of "grass" in the countryside, this wild plant breeding speed is fast, is cattle, horses, sheep and other animals like the wild grass, and now it can not only be used as feed, the stems and leaves of the plant have also been valuable, and even have been artificially planted, most of the flower friends do not know what the use of this plant, let's take a look at this plant, maybe flower friends have seen it in the countryside.
In the countryside, there is a kind of "grass", cattle, horses, sheep like to eat, now the stems and leaves are precious, please cherish!
It is an annual herb, but also a plant of the genus Lycaenidae, the stem of the plant looks very slender, the upper part grows upright, the height is generally around 50 cm, some can only grow to 30 cm, but also looks vigorous. Plants also have more branches and longer cilia at the edges of the leaves. Wild grass grows under hillsides, by the river, in meadows, in hilly shrublands, on hillsides, on wet streams, and in farmland.
Generally will be above 1300 meters above sea level, 1800 meters below the place to grow and reproduce, with drought tolerance, more seriously trampled green space can be appropriately introduced this plant, plants also have a certain resistance to trampling, can also play a role in solidifying the soil, I planted a lot in my own yard, as a greenery.
When I was a child, I often harvested this plant on the edge of the farmland to feed cattle, horses, sheep and other animals, and they liked to eat it, so the first role was to use it as feed. At the same time, the stems and leaves of the plant also have medicinal value, and can be used for medicinal purposes after drying. It is recorded in many books, and the "Beilu" says: The grass, raw in the valley of the Tsing Yi River, harvested in September and October, can be dyed golden. "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": Driving away the cold and calming the breath.
This plant also has some other names, such as green bamboo, yellow grass, alfalfa, etc., is its nickname, the main pigment components of this plant are lycophyllin, luteolin, and ash juice, aluminum salt, tin salt medium can be dyed yellow, can be used as a raw material, for wool fabric dyeing, so its use is still a lot.
About this "forage grass", I will introduce it here first, do flower lovers know it?