NeSARE

New England Forage and Weed ID and Management Training Project

     

Note: This project was completed in 2016. The valuable resources produced are now being hosted by the Northeast Pasture Consortium

 Forage and Weed Plant Basics and Identification

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The following are materials  and some links that may be helpful for identifying our common forage and pasture species as well as the most common weeds.

Forage and Pasture Plant Identification
 Identification and Characteristics of  Pasture and Forage Grasses in the Northeast - Un. of Vermont (4 page pdf)
Identification and Characteristics of  Pasture and Forage Legumes in the Northeast - Un. of Vermont (2 page pdf)
Forage and Pasture Plant Identification - Presentation from the Un. of Vermont (pdf)
Grasses of the Northeast - Un. of  Delaware Publication from the 1950's (pdf)
Identifying Pasture Grasses - Un. of Wisconsin (pdf)

Website - Pasture Plant Guide (grasses, legumes and forbs of the N.E.) (USDA-ARS) 
Website - Forage Identification (Purdue) 

Forage and Pasture Plant Growth and Development
How Grass Plants Grow -  Iowa State Publication (pdf)
Alfalfa Growth and Development - Un. of Wisconsin Publication (pdf)

Weed Identification
 Common Pasture Weeds of Vermont (2 page)
Weed Seedling ID - North Central States Publication

Website - Commonly Found Weeds in Vermont Pastures
Website - U. Mass Weed Herbarium
Website - New Jersey Weed Gallery
Website - Virgiania Tech Weed ID Guide
 

Start em young
Start em young learning those forage plants!


Northeast SARE is a regional program of the nationwide SARE which offers competitive grants to projects that explore and address key issues affecting the sustainability and future economic viability of agriculture. The program is authorized under Subtitle B of Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.  It's wider mission is to advance, to the whole of American agriculture, innovations that improve profitability, stewardship, and quality of life by investing in groundbreaking research and education. For more information go to, http://www.nesare.org/