Varieties And Application Models Of Sheepgrass (Leymus Chinensis)

Sheepgrass is an advantageous forage grass and ecological grass in China. It could adapt well to various types of ecological environment and could grow in cold, dry, saline-alkali, and arid soil. Its underground sprawling horizontal rhizome helps control wind erosion, desertification, water loss, and soil loss; it plays an important role in the protection of ecological environment and in the governance of the grassland ecological environment and saline land in northern China. Moreover, sheepgrass features high-yield, high protein content, good palatability, strong regeneration capacity, long stay-green period, and high foliage volume. Recently, "Zhongke" series of new varieties such as "Zhongke" No. 1, 2, and 3 were cultivated in a wide area in China, which plays an important role in the development of artificial grassland, ecological restoration of degraded grassland, and development of grassland animal husbandry.