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Round-leafed cassia

Name: Roundleaf Cassia (Chamaecrista rotundifolia)
Description: Summer growing perennial well suited to acid, low fertility, light-textured soils. Tolerates heavy grazing. Frost susceptible but good drought tolerance. Only moderately palatable and can dominate pastures, as stock selectively graze alternative species. Non-bloating.
Sowing rate: 0.5–1.0 kg/ha.
Minimum average
annual rainfall:
650 mm (summer dominant) inland, 800 mm on North Coast.
Variety: Wynn (Public variety) Inoculum: Group M (CB756)

 

 

 

 

Round-leafed cassia

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  • Round leaf Cassia (Agnote DPI-308)
  • Introduction to selecting and using pastures in NSW (Agnote DPI-263)
  • Native pastures & native grasses
  • Pasture establishment
  • Pasture management
  • Pasture species & varieties
    • A-Z listing of all pasture species, types and varieties
    • Introduction to selecting and using pastures in NSW
    • Temperate grasses
    • Tropical grasses
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    • Miscellaneous pasture herbs
    • Native grasses
    • Forage shrubs
    • Pasture varieties used in New South Wales 2010-2011
  • Rangelands
  • Silage and hay
  • Suggested pasture mixtures for different areas of NSW
  • Tropical perennial grasses
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