Why did grass form?

Answer 1

A grass plant's ultimate goal is to grow up, put up an inflorescence, have it pollinated, then as it dies, allows those seeds to be spread by wind or animal life. Daughter tillers lie in wait for the next perfect set of growing conditions to grow again, either later in the year, or same time next year.

When a grass is grazed or mowed prior to reaching that ultimate goal, it is forced to go back to "square one" and start regrowth again to make another attempt to that ultimate life-goal of a grass plant. This is primarily why grasses will grow after grazing.

The other reason grasses will grow after grazing is because of the environmental conditions still supporting its ability to do so: Sunlight, good soil temperature, adequate moisture, active microbes in the soil giving it the nutrients it needs in exchange for extra liquid carbon, the works. Once those conditions become less than good for growing, a grass plant will slow growth down to a crawl, like molasses in winter.

But the key for grazing is to graze a grass plant before it has both reached maturity and just before it has started to push up an inflorescence. Doing so gives good quality for the livestock, and the necessary boost needed to get that grass to grow back once those animals have taken the single bite that needs to be taken from that plant before being moved on.

This, folks, is what good grazing management is pretty well all about.

Answer 2

Grasses grow after grazing because their ultimate life-goal is to spread seed to ensure their own offspring have an advantage of being able to proliferate in a pasture or grassland. If they are grazed again before reaching that goal, they will keep trying to reach this goal until they get a chance to do so.

Grasses are grazed before this seed-heading stage because grasses, while in their "vegetative" stage (typically before they're about to put up a seed head) are nutritious for livestock to eat, and a grasses' root or crown energy reserves have been filled up enough so that it won't be negatively effected during it's time to recover.

It's not exactly a bad thing to allow grasses to go to seed, because it does allow them the chance to set down new plants to attempt to establish themselves. But as far as animal nutrition is concerned, plants at this stage tend to be high in fibre and more harder to graze and digest because of the higher lignin content in the plant tissues. Some species also don't have palatable seed heads for grazing livestock, to the point that some can even cause mouth lesions or infection if eaten!

But after all is said and done, good grazing practices mean allowing grass plants to grow up to when they are still vegetative but not when the've already produced a seed head. This ensures quality forage for livestock, and the needed pressure on grasses to regrow for next grazing during that grazing year.

Answer 3

The dead grass cannot grow back as it is dead, but regrowth may occur from seed.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Grasses grow after grazing because their growth points are too low to the ground to be bitten off. Most grasses thrive on grazing, more because they were made to be that way.

Answer 6

Because it does, it is part of nature