Grass Help please

[CourtneyG]

So there is a nursery down the road that grows everything organically. They have a few different species of grass, the one I remember are the sedges, there was another species and variations of the species, but I forgot its name. I would love a list of grass that safe to plant in the outside table they can eat and provide shade. I have used the TheTortoiseTable, but the grass list is too small for me.

 

[jaizei]

http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

GRASSES


Common name index of Grasses & Grasslike Plants
AFRICAN GRASSES USED IN THE UNITED STATES
African Grasses

~~ Barnyardgrass - Echinochloa crus-galli
Bentgrasses Agrostis spp.
~~Bermuda - Cynodon dactylon
Bluegrass, annual - Poa annua
~~Blue grama - Bouteloua gracilis
Big Bluestem - andropogon gerardi
~~Brome
~~ Buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secondatum)
~~ Buffelgrass, Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Canarygrass, littleseed Phalaris minor
Chufa, or Yellow Nut Grass Cyperus esculentus
~~ Couchgrass - Agropyon repens
~~ Crabgrass- Digitaria sanguinalis
Fescue, Tall - Festuca arundinacea
Fescue, Blue - festuca glauca
Goosegrass- Eleusine indica
Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)
~~ Kikuyugrass - Pennisetum clandestinum
~~Kleingrass, Panicum coloratum L.
~~ Napiergrass, Pennisetum purpureum
Oatgrass -
*Orchard- Dactylis glomerata
Pampasgrass - Cortaderia selloana
**~~Pearl Millet - Pennisetum glaucum
~~ Pangolagrass, Digitaria decumbens
Peppergrass - Lepidium spp.
Quackgrass- Agropyron repens
*Rye -
Sesame grass - Tripsacum dactyloides
St. Agustine
Sweet vernal grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
Timothy- Phleum pratense
Trefoil
Vetch
Wild oats - Avena fatua
Witchgrass- Panicum capillare L.
~~ Weeping lovegrass, Eragrostis curvula

 

[CourtneyG]

Was more hoping for a list of grass that people use in their enclosures, I am planting so far 1 sod of Argentina grass, 1 sod of Bermuda grass, and oat grass seeds that I am growing out.

 

[wellington]

I don't understand what you want. Any one of the grasses listed above could be planted in an enclosure. Just compare what the nursery has to the list and start planting.

 

[Tom]

I just use pasture mixes that are made for horses and cattle. They have a mix of grasses that are all on the list above. I figure if the whole mix is made to be eaten, its all okay.

Sorry. I don't know about the exotic grasses at your local organic nursery. Does their sod have the plastic netting embedded in it, like normal sod does?

 

[Levi the Leopard]

The list given to you is one of my favorite lists to use.


Happy planting!

Heather
sent while on my purple android TFOapp

 

[CourtneyG]

I just use pasture mixes that are made for horses and cattle. They have a mix of grasses that are all on the list above. I figure if the whole mix is made to be eaten, its all okay.

Sorry. I don't know about the exotic grasses at your local organic nursery. Does their sod have the plastic netting embedded in it, like normal sod does?

The sod I will be buying at HomeDepo, the nursery does not have sod grass, but they have grass in containers, the names were not given on the list, so I will be taking the names when I go and buy vegetables and flowers from there to plant to put up here.