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Bulletin 827, U. S. Dept of Agriculture. 
Broom sedge is a coarse grass commonly considered a weed, which 
takes possession of old fields and waste places throughout the entire 
Piney Woods. It furnishes fairly good grazing early in spring, but 
is not relished b}^ cattle as it approaches maturity. 
Carpet grass {Axonopus compressus), is strictly a pasture grass, 
growing to a height of only a few inches, and is seldom if ever cut 
for hay. It prefers moist, sandy lands, but is not confined to low- 
lands, as good stands are found on the rolling and hill lands. It will 
stand closer grazing and heavier trampling than any of the other 
pasture grasses, solid stands of it occurring only where it is closely 
grazed. Farmers' Bulletins 1125 and 1130 treat this grass in detail. 
Fig. 6. — Native cattle grazing typical flatwoods range pasture in December. 
Lespedeza or Japan clover is well distributed throughout the Pine}^ 
Woods. It has shown an adaptation to cut-over lands surpassed by 
no other pasture plant in its ability both to spread rapidly and to 
flourish on a wide variety of soils. Detailed information regarding 
lespedeza will be found in Farmers' Bulletins 441 and 1125. 
Switch or reed cane, maiden cane, blue cane, and hop clover are of 
minor value at present as forage plants. (See Farmers' Bulletin 
1125.) 
