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YSA damage ratings of various forage grasses

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Scientific name Cultivar Common Name Rating SE
Pennisetum macrostachyum (Brongn.) Trin. Hybrid Fountain Joy 2.29 (0.30) A
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
Dallis 2.58 (0.39) A
Panicum repens L.
Wainaku, Torpedo 2.72 (0.19) A
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Penngrazer Tall fescue 2.73 (0.20) A
Urochloa decumbens (Stapf)




R.D. Webster Signal
2.81 (0.59) A
Paspalum notatum Flugge Paraguayan 22 Bahia 2.81 (0.45) A
Panicum coloratum L. Verde Klein, Small buffalo 2.84 (0.73) A
Holcus lanatus L.
Velvet 2.87 (1.20) A
Panicum virgatum L. Alamo Switch 2.95 (0.23) A
Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. Greenalta Small Limpo 3.01 (0.27) A
Chloris gayana Kunth Katambora Rhodes 3.24 (0.80) A
Paspalum atratum Swallen Suerte
3.27 (0.20) A
Hemarthria altissima #508607 Limpo 3.29 (0.12) A
Paspalum notatum T-9, Tifton Pensacola 9 Bahia 3.38 (0.29) A
Hemarthria altissima Floralta Limpo 3.44 (1.00) A
Panicum sumatrense Roth HA-4644 Blue Panic 3.50 (0.41) A
Paspalum plicatulum Michx. Rodd's Bay Brown-seed 3.63 (1.19) A
Hemarthria altissima Redalta Limpo 3.75 (0.66) A
Pennisetum sp.
Bana 3.87 (0.19) A
Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Jaragua 3.93 (0.58) A
Bromus catharticus Vahl




var. catharticus Rescue
3.98 (0.83) A
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Tifton 85 Bermuda 4.04 (0.19) A
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. x P. glaucum (L.) R.Br. HA-4604 Napier x Pearl Millet 4.37 (0.90) A
Cynodon dactylon NK-37 Bermuda 4.40 (0.47) A
Pennisetum purpureum Mott Napier 4.44 (0.67) A
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
Johnson 4.49 (0.46) A
Brachiaria sp.
Brach/Pasp 4.51 (0.50) A
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem.




& Schult. subsp. Pumila Yellow Bristle
4.51 (0.70) A
Agrostis gigantea Roth
Redtop 4.58 (0.13) A
Panicum coloratum L. Selection 75 Klein, Small buffalo 4.59 (0.27) A
Panicum maximum Jacq. Common Guinea 4.62 (0.73) A
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.




Var. Capensis Engl. Rat's tail
4.65 (0.59) A
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
Lemon 4.66 (0.31) A
Urochloa subquadripara (Trin.)




R.D. Webster Dwarf Panicum, Cori
4.66 (0.63) A
Cynodon dactylon (Honolulu) Bermuda 4.71 (0.66) A
Hemarthria altissima Bigalta Limpo 4.72 (0.61) A
Dactylis glomerata L. Cocksfoot Orchard 4.80 (0.91) B
Pennisetum glaucum x P. purpureum
Pearl Millet x Napier 4.83 (0.38) A
Cenchrus ciliaris L. Common Buffel 4.96 (0.44) B
Digitaria eriantha Steud. Blue Pangola 5.02 (0.45) B
Pennisetum purpureum
Dwarf Napier, Elephant 5.02 (0.41) B
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
Indian Couch 5.03 (0.31) B
Bothrichica pertusa Hulled Indian Couch 5.11 (0.08) B
Panicum maximum Trichoglume Eyles Green Panic 5.13 (0.29) B
Brachiaria sp. Molokai Brachiaria
5.22 (1.09) B
Cynodon aethiopicus Clayton & J.R. Harlan Florico Star, Puerto Rican 5.24 (0.50) B
Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg. South Point Star 5.27 (0.38) B
Ischaemum polystachyum J. Presl
Baron Goto grass 5.27 (0.37) B
Andropogon sericeus (R. Br.)




A. Camus Queensland Blue
5.29 (0.74) B
Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.)




T.Q. Nguyen California, Para
5.31 (0.48) B
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Duomor Forage sorghum 5.32 (0.60) B
Bromus catharticus Grasslands Matua Prairie 5.36 (0.77) B
Panicum maximum Natsuzaki Guinea 5.39 (0.08) B
Cenchrus ciliaris L. T-4464 Buffel 5.40 (0.58) B
Cynodon dactylon Giant Manienie Bermuda 5.47 (0.58) B
Pennisetum purpureum x glaucum
Napier x Pearl Millet 5.48 (0.37) B
Bromus catharticus Mauna Kea Brome Brome 5.57 (0.78) B
Chloris gayana Common Rhodes 5.62 (0.32) B
Digitaria decumbens Common Pangola 5.73 (0.57) B
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler Southern Crab Tony's, Crab 5.78 (0.71) B
Digitaria decumbens Mealani Pangola 5.78 (0.46) B
Digitaria violascens Link Kukai pua'a Purple crab 5.82 (0.02) B
Cenchrus ciliaris Molopo Buffel 5.89 (0.60) B
Phalaris aquatica L.
bulbous Canary grass 6.40 (1.14) B
Pennisetum clandestinum (Hochst.) Common Kikuyu grass 6.42 (0.37) B
Lolium perenne L. Drought Master Rye 6.56 (0.45) B
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Last updated on 7/15/03