Pastures species in Pastures species in CanterburyCanterbury
hHigh Endophyte hHigh Endophyte RyegrassRyegrass
The endophyte fungus provides The endophyte fungus provides resistance to various insect pests, resistance to various insect pests, particularly Argentine stem weevilparticularly Argentine stem weevil
Is tolerant of drought conditionsIs tolerant of drought conditions Highly nutritious to animals Highly nutritious to animals Disadvantage: Disadvantage: sheep can get rye grass sheep can get rye grass
staggersstaggers
Rye grass staggersRye grass staggers
Low endophyte rye grassLow endophyte rye grass
No ryegrass staggersNo ryegrass staggers Highly nutritious Highly nutritious
Disadvantages:Disadvantages:
Needs irrigation in Needs irrigation in summer and not summer and not drought tolerantdrought tolerant
Insect pest problemsInsect pest problems
CocksfootCocksfoot
Highly tolerant of Highly tolerant of drought conditionsdrought conditions
Highly tolerant of Highly tolerant of poor soil nutrientspoor soil nutrients
Can tolerate heavy Can tolerate heavy stock damage and stock damage and heavy grazingheavy grazing
Tall FescueTall Fescue
Tolerates:Tolerates:
hot summer hot summer temperaturestemperatures
Poorly drained soil Poorly drained soil like clay soillike clay soil
Red CloverRed Clover
High feed valueHigh feed value Good summer Good summer
growthgrowth Great for fattening Great for fattening
young stockyoung stock Long tap root for Long tap root for
drought tolerancedrought tolerance
White cloverWhite clover
Adds nitrogen to soilAdds nitrogen to soil High feed valueHigh feed value Good summer Good summer
growthgrowth
LucerneLucerne
Long tap root for Long tap root for drought tolerancedrought tolerance
High feed valueHigh feed value
ChickoryChickory
Deep tap root for Deep tap root for drought tolerancedrought tolerance
High feed valueHigh feed value Pest resistantPest resistant