Instead, I have noticed that strong stands of grass, especially orchard grass, and in addition bush-hogging the pasture after the grass developed seed stems (mainly to rejuvenate the stand), have such an impact on undesirable weeds like Canada and bull thistle that their stands become much weaker over time and thus manageable.
If you want to play a major role in stopping the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers and other waterways, consider growing healthy stands of grass to trap sediment before rainwater carries the particles into catch basins, storm sewers and then into the Chesapeake.
These range from seasonally very productive short-grass associations such as those which characterise the Serengeti Plains (and prior to conversion, the Loita Plains in Kenya) to taller stands of grass in wetter areas, grading into bushland, thicket and Acacia woodland.
Occasionally, Mykol prodded crispy stands of grass.
For thin stands of grass (dry rangeland), grass height may approach 0.3-0.5 0.3-0.5e effective full cover is reached.
Have stands of grass, alfalfa or clover growing in the field as well.
Five lounged beside a small pond and, when a ve hicle approached through the tall stand of grass, four of them lumbered to their feet and walked away in line, showing the brand — Gunsight N — of the National Cattlemen's Co operative.
The experts hosted their first field day Sept. 10 to give farmers, government officials, extension educators and researchers the opportunity to view stands of tall grasses that represent the future of bioenergy in the Northeast.
Heavily infected small seedlings die within a matter of days, and stands of the grasses are seriously damaged by the disease.
Stands of cotton grass and sedge shoot upwards, and above them the sunlight catches on flakes of silver and gold.
