meadow hay
Dried grassland harvest
Meadow hay is hay cut from natural grasslands rather than cultivated fields, typically containing a mix of grasses, wildflowers, and herbs.
It tends to be coarser and more varied than hay from planted crops like timothy or alfalfa: The horses preferred the meadow hay to the alfalfa.
Valued for feeding livestock with sensitive digestion.
- timothyHay-producing forage grass
- alfalfaForage crop legume
- fescueFine-bladed pasture grass
- cloverThree-leafed legume plant
- ryegrassHardy turf species
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