牧草，一般指供饲养的牲畜食用的草或其他草本植物。牧草再生力强，一年可收割多次，富含各种微量元素和维生素，因此成为饲养家畜的首选。牧草品种的优劣直接影响到畜牧业经济效益的高低，需加以重视。
假梯牧草 Phleum phleoides
梯牧草属 Phleum
兰塞奥兹牧草地 L'Anse aux Meadows ; L'Anse Aux Meadows Archaeological Site
梯牧草 timothy grass ; [植] Phleum pratense ; Timothy Hay ; Phleum
牧草地 meadow ; pastureland
割晒牧草 haymaking
牧草干燥机 forage drier
豆科牧草 [畜牧] leguminous forage ; forage legumes ; legume forage
多年生牧草 perennial forage
Forage grass varieties and cultivation are thus quite different in variable places.
因此，适生牧草的品种和种植技术完全不同。
参考来源 - 三峡库区牧草种植区划及适生牧草栽培利用技术研究The relationship among soil nutrient contents, fertilization rate and herbage production were quantitatively analyzed and the nutrients cycling in grassland animal production systems was dynamically monitored.
主要内容如下： 在不施肥的情况下，牧草的产量都很低。
参考来源 - 云贵高原人工草地推荐施肥研究We get following conclusions through this experiment:1. Barley,rye and Pennisetum what are used as forage have not shown being victims at the highest volume of excreta disposal.
通过本试验的研究,得出了以下结论:1用作牧草的大麦、黑麦草和狼尾草三种作物在最高粪便处理量条件下,均没有表现出受害症状。
参考来源 - 规模化养殖场固体废弃物还田氮磷处理的效应研究·2,447,543篇论文数据，部分数据来源于NoteExpress
居民们转而采集大量野生谷物类牧草，而坚果在饮食中所占的比例下降了。
The inhabitants turned to wild cereal grasses instead, collecting them by the thousands, while the percentage of nuts in the diet fell.
尽管一年中大草原上可能会有大量降雨，但至少有一段时间是降雨很少的，造成干旱压力，最终有利于牧草生长。
Though plenty of rain may fall on savanna during the year, for at least part of the year little does, creating the drought stress ultimately favoring grasses.
后来，大约在公元前7000年，在几代人的时间里，他们突然转向放牧家养的山羊和绵羊，转而种植单粒小麦、豆类和其他谷类牧草。
Then, about 7000 B.C., within the space of a few generations, they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep and to growing einkorn, pulses, and other cereal grasses.
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