image used as white space
MSUcares header Link to home page
Logos of MSU, Extension Service, and MAFES Links to home page of website.

Mississippi Forages

Grass Adaption

 
Tolerance To
Forages
Seedling Vigor
Soil Acidity
Poor Drainage
Drought
Grazing
Cool-Season Annuals
asa
asa
asa
as
asa

     Annual Ryegrass
G
G
E
F
E

     Oats
E
F
F
F
G

     Rye
E
E
F
F
G

     Wheat
E
P
P
F
G
asasaas
asa
 asa
asa
as
asa
Cool-Season Perennials
asa
asa
asa
asa
asa

     Orchardgrass

F
F
F
F
G

     Reed Canarygrass
F
G
E
G
F

     Tall Fescue E+
G
G
G
G
E

     Tall Fescue E-
F
G
G
F
F
asasa
as
as
as
as
as
Warm-Season Annuals
as
as
as
as
as
     Corn
E
F
P
P
P
     Crabgrass
G
G
P
F
E
     Pearl Millet
E
E
P
E
F
     Forage Sorghum
G
P
P
E
F
     Sorghum-Sundan
E
P
F
G
F
asasasa
as
as
as
as
as
Warm-Season Perennials
as
as
as
as
as
     Bahiagrass
P
E
G
E
E
     Bermudagrass
F
E
P
E
E
     Dallisgrass
P
F
E
G
G
     Johnsongrass
G
F
E
G
P
     Switchgrass
P
F
F
E
P

E= Excellent, G=Good, F=Fair, P=Poor.
E+ = Endophyte-Infected, E-=Endophyte-free.Source: From PPI, Forage Pocket Guide, 2004. Developed by D. M. Ball, C. S. Hoveland, and Gary Lacefield