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Grazing North Texas – Engelman’s Daisy
By Tony Dean
After another month or two of cold weather, we will begin to see some of the native wildflowers appearing on the countryside. A few of these spring flowers are perennials, like Engelmann’s daisy, and come back from the roots year after year. Engelmann’s daisy grows from a very large stout taproot making it very drought resistant.
Forbs are an important part of our grazing land production, especially perennial forbs like Engelmann’s daisy. Engelmann’s daisy is one of the “big four” of native perennial forbs in Texas. The other three include Maximillian sunflower, bush sunflower and Illinois bundleflower.
Engelmann’s daisy, also called Cut-leaf daisy, produces a winter rosette, or small growing point, on the soil surface during winter months. Later in the spring and early summer, several branches grow from the winter rosette and can reach height and width of three feet at maturity.
Branches and leaves are covered with stiff hairs. Leaves are mostly basal, eight” to 12” long, and deeply lobed. The yellow flowers have eight petals. Flowers open in late afternoon and bloom through the night but fade during the hottest part of the day.
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One of my professors out at Texas Tech University always told us that we aren’t just raising cattle, we’re raising grass, because without grass there is no cattle business. The same applies to most livestock species and crops we seek to raise- without good land management, no good yield can grow.
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By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Tony Dean
There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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