Sphenopholis obtusata is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora.

Slender Wedgegrass (Sphenopholis intermedia) is distinguished from Prairie Wedgegrass (Sphenopholis obtusata) by its upper glume being blunt to pointed at the tip where the latter is more distinctly hood-shaped. Both are usually hairless, sometimes short-hairy, and spikelets are usually less than 4 mm long.

Jun 22, 2015 · A grazing wedge is a simple visual depiction of what you have available for grazing in all of your pastures. Once the data is entered into the spreadsheet, it can be sorted from highest to lowest available stockdays/acre (SDA) creating ‘the grazing wedge’.

Sphenopholis obtusata is a species of grass known by the common names prairie wedgescale and prairie wedge grass. It is native to North America where it is widespread across southern Canada and the United States. It occurs in many types of habitat, including prairie, marshes, dunes, and disturbed areas.

Prairie Wedgegrass is a host plant for the White-Lined Sphinx Moth. It has been used as a forage plant for large livestock like horses and cattle. Other scientific names include Aira obtusata, Aira obtusata var. lobata and var. pubescens. Also commonly called Prairie Wedgescale.

Sphenopholis obtusata is a species of grass known by the common names prairie wedgescale[1] and prairie wedge grass. It is native to North America where it is widespread across southern Canada and the United States. It occurs in many types of habitat, including prairie, marshes, dunes, and disturbed areas.

Sphenopholis obtusata, also known as Prairie Wedge Grass or Prairie Wedge Scale, is a native biennial cool season bunch grass that grows 24″-36″ tall. It prefers full to partial sun, mesic conditions, and soil containing loam, clay-loam, or some rocky material.

The AgriNet grass wedge shows the animal demand (blue line) and also shows the actual grass cover of each paddock. Paddocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 all have covers above 3,000 kg DM per ha and the cattle would find it hard to hit a residual of 1500 kg DM per ha.

May 5, 2020 · The challenge is to interpret the wedge and there is plenty of advice available to assist you with this. Examples of a perfect wedge, a wedge in surplus and a wedge in deficit. View video below for more information the grass pland and managing grass.

The phenomenal grass growth that can be achieved in Ireland is our key competitive advantage over most other EU beef producers. When managed correctly, grass is a comparatively cheap, very nutritious feed for all types of cattle. With good …