Practical Exam - Pastures Flashcards
(109 cards)
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What pasture species is this?
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Buffel Grass
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What pasture species is this?
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Caribbean Stylo
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What pasture species is this?
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Cocksfoot
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What pasture species is this?
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Couch
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What pasture species is this?
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Kangaroo Grass
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What pasture species is this?
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Kikuyu
7
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What pasture species is this?
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Lucerne
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What pasture species is this?
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Paspalum
9
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What pasture species is this?
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Perennial Ryegrass
10
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What pasture species is this?
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Phalaris
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What pasture species is this?
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Red Clover
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What pasture species is this?
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Red Grass
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What pasture species is this?
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Rhodes Grass
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What pasture species is this?
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Silverleaf Desmodium
15
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What pasture species is this?
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Subterranean Clover
16
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What pasture species is this?
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Tall Fescue
17
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What pasture species is this?
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Wallaby Grass
18
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What pasture species is this?
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Weeping Grass
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What pasture species is this?
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White Clover
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What pasture species is this?
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Yellow Serradella
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Buffel Grass - Origin of Species
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Introduced
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Buffel Grass - Average Rainfall required
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300mm
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Buffel Grass - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle
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Tropical Perennial grass
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Buffel Grass - region of growth
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Arid environments - WA, QLD, west NSW
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Buffel Grass - Adaptive traits
* Drought tolerance very high
* Responds quickly after drought breaking rain
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Caribbean Stylo - Environmental adaption and lifecycle
Tropical Perennial Legume
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Caribbean Stylo - Average rainfall required
800mm
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Caribbean Stylo - Region of growth
Tropical and warmer subtropical environements
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Caribbean Stylo - Adaptive traits
* Can behave as an annual
* Persistent under heavy grazing
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Caribbean Stylo - Origin of species
Introduced
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Cocksfoot - Environmental Adaptation and Lifecycle
Temperate Perennial grass
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Cocksfoot - Origin of species
Introduced
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Cocksfoot - Adaptive traits
tolerant of acid soils, low fertility soils, grazing and frost
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Cocksfoot - Region of growth
Cool temperate medditerranean environments on tablelands and slopes
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Cocksfoot - Average rain required
450mm South, 750mm North
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Couch - Adaptive Traits
Tolerant to drought, salinity, flooding and heavy grazing
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Couch - Region of growth
Tropical and sub tropical environemnts, some temperate environements.
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Couch - Average rainfall required
600mm
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Couch - Origin of species
Both
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Couch - Envirnmental adaptation and lifecycle
Tropical perennial grass
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Kangaroo Grass - Origin of species
Native
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Kangaroo Grass - Apaptive Traits
Tolerant of drought
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Kangaroo Grass - Region
Very widespread across most of Australia
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Kangaroo Grass - Rainfall required
400mm South, 500mm North
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Kangaroo Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
Native perennial warm season grass
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Kikuyu - Origin of species
Introduced
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Kikuyu - Adaptive Traits
Tolerant to heavy grazing, moderate to high drought tolerance, moderate frost tolerance
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Kikuyu - Region of growth
Coastal, tableland and slopes in subtropical
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Kikuyu - Average rainfall
800mm (summer dormant)
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Kikuyu - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
Tropical Perennial grass
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Lucerne - Adaptive traits
Very drougt tolerant, moderate to high frost tolerance, moderate tolerance of salinity and sodicity
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Lucerne - Region of growth
Most widely grown and adapted legume. Grown in all states
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Lucerne - Average rainfall required
375mm south, 400mm north
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Lucerne - Origin of species
Introduced
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Lucerne - Environmental Adaptation and Lifecycle
Temperate Perennial Legume
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Paspalum - Adaptive traits
Withstands heavy grazing and trampling, Spreads vegitativly
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Paspalum - Region of growth
Tropical and subtropical coastal environements
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Paspalum - Average rainfall required
800mm (summer dormant)
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Paspalum - origin of species
Introduced
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Paspalum - Environemtnal adaptation and Lifecycle
Tropical perennial grass
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Perennial Ryegrass - Adaptive traits
Resistant to cold weather and frost
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Perennial Ryegrass - region of growth
Temperate environments on coast, tablelands and some slopes
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Perennial Ryegrass - Average rainfall required
700mm south, 800mm north
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Perennial Ryegrass - oirigin of special
Introduced
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Perennial Ryegrass - Environemtal adaptations and lifecycle
Temperate perennial grass
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Phalaris - Adaptive traits
Drought tolerant, grazing tolerant once established, frost tolerant, summer dormant, flood tolerant
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Phalaris - Region of growth
cool temperate (tablelands and slopes) and medditerrainian environments
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Phalaris - Average Rainfall required
500mm south, 700mm north
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Phalaris - Origin
Introduced
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Phalaris - Environemtal adaptation and lifecycle
Temperate Perennial grass
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Red Clover - adaptive traits
Winter dormant, certain varieties more drought tolerant
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Red Clover - Region of growth
high rainfall coastal and tableland areas
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Red Clover - average rainfall required
700mm south, 800mm north
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Red Clover - Origin of species
Introduced
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Red Clover - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
Temperate perennial legume
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Red Grass - Adaptive traits
High tolerance of drought and heat
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Red Grass - region of growth
coastal, tablelands and slopes
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Red Grass - Average rainfall required
400mm south, 500mm north
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Red Grass - Origin of species
Native
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Red Grass - Environmental adaptations and lifecycle
warm season perennial
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Rhodes Grass - Adaptive traits
tolerant of saline soils, heavy grazing and burning. moderate to high drought tolerance
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Rhodes Grass - region of growth
widely adapted tropical and subtropical on coast and slopes
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Rhodes Grass - average rainfall required
500mm
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Rhodes Grass - origin of species
Introduced
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Rhodes Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
Tropical perennial grass
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Silverleaf Desmodium - adaptive traits
tolerates acid soils, moderate tolerance of shade, easily spread
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Silverleaf Desmodium - region of growth
Tropical and subtropical coastal environments
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Silverleaf Desmodium - Average rainfall required
1000mm+ (summer dominance)
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Silverleaf Desmodium - Origin of species
Introduced
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Silverleaf Desmodium - Enviromental adaptation and lifecycle
Tropical perennial Legume
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Subterranian Clover - Adaptive traits
protected seeds aids with regeneration, tolerant to grazing, tolerates moderately acid soils
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Subterranian Clover - Region of growth
best suited legume for large area of southern NSW
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Subterranian Clover - Rainfall required
375mm south, 600mm north
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Subterranian Clover - Origin
Introduced
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Subterranian Clover - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
Temperate annual legume
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Tall Fescue - Adaptive traits
Moderate drought tolerance, tolerates water logging
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Tall Fescue - region of growth
Coastal and temperate environements with reliable summer rainfall
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Tall Fescue - average rainfall required
650mm temperate types, 450mm mediterranean types
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Tall Fescue - origin of species
Introduced
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Tall Fescue - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle
Temperate perennial grass
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Tall Fescue - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle
Temperate perennial grass
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Wallaby Grass - adaptiove traits
high frost and drought tolerance, persists under heavy grazing
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Wallaby Grass - region
widely distributed, especially tablelands and slopes
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Wallaby Grass - rainfall
400mm south, 500mm north
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Wallaby Grass - origin
Native
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Wallaby Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle
temperate perennial grass
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Weeping Grass - Rain
500mm south, 600mm north
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Weeping Grass - Origin
Native
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Weeping Grass - Environmental adaptaion and lifecycle
cool season perennial grass
