Hello :) In this post we'll be looking at some of the common pasture types that can be found in the different regions of Australia.
The first post for this unit looked introduced us to what pasture is as well as where pastures are used in Australia. I'll be referring to the same diagram as shown below:
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| Where Pastures are Used in Australia Source |
The northern half of Australia is known as a tropical region while the southern half is referred to as the temperate region.
Northern Australia
The cattle industry in northern Australia relies heavily on native pastures. This region is dominated by tall perennial grasses such as bluegrass and giant spear grass. Sown tropical pastures in this region include rhodes grass, panic grass and kikuyu which are prominent in more inland areas.
Southern Australia
Native species of pasture in the southern half of the country include wallaby grass, weeping grass and redgrass along with silver grass, barley grass and capeweed.
Temperate Perennial Zone
The two most common grasses in these areas include perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and white clover (Trifolium repens). These species, which are well adapted to grazing, experience high production rates and form the backbone of the dairy industry world wide. However, they are only found in areas which receive large amounts of rainfall and require nitrogenous fertilisers.
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| White Clover |
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| Perennial Ryegrass |
Temperate Perennial Grass - Annual Legume Zone
Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica) is most common here and is the most drought tolerant temperate grass sown in the country. Phalaris is usually sown with subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum)
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| Phalaris |
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| Subterranean Clover |
Annual Temperate Pasture Zone
Subterranean clover and annual medics (Medicago spp) are used together and have been the basis for the legume ley pasture system used in the Australian Wheat belt. Subterranean clover shows an increased resistance to acidic soils while the annual medics produce more hard seed, thus these two types of pasture complement each other.
That's all for this post, if you have any questions please feel free to ask :)
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