Story: Pastures

Perennial ryegrass

Perennial ryegrass

This is perennial ryegrass, the most widely sown grass in New Zealand pastures, in its vegetative (left) and seed-head states (right).

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Photographs by Deric Charlton

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Deric Charlton, 'Pastures - Ryegrasses', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/16158/perennial-ryegrass (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Deric Charlton, published 24 Nov 2008