Plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock

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Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Trefoil (Lotus gracilis): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

A grass (Panicum species): seed head and stalk. Watercolour.

White lupin (Lupinus albus): entire flowering plant with pod. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

A guide to the European forage databases / European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

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Forage plants

Images from the collections

Images about Forage plants

Works from the collections

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

A guide to the European forage databases / European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Forage plants

Images from the collections

Images about Forage plants

Works from the collections

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

A guide to the European forage databases / European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

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