<div dir="ltr">Iowa is native tallgrass prairie country, some of which remains in the Flint Hills. Found the link below, which is more for Texas, but many of the same species, and includes links specific to horses.<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=1942">https://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=1942</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:05 AM, Irene Sabin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iosabin@earthlink.net" target="_blank">iosabin@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-650447184222902708WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">This Rutgers fact sheet has basic info for horse pastures:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Home:</span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://njaes.rutgers.edu/horsepastures/" target="_blank">http://njaes.rutgers.edu/<wbr>horsepastures/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Pasture species:<a href="http://njaes.rutgers.edu/horsepastures/pasture_species.htm" target="_blank">http://njaes.rutgers.<wbr>edu/horsepastures/pasture_<wbr>species.htm</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Iowa Extension probably has local information.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Irene Sabin (Rutgers MG and Environmental Steward)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> MAIPC [mailto:<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.<wbr>maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Hartshorne<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 23, 2018 12:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve (<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Native grass for horse grazing?<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Someone asked me about getting a pasture started for a horse he is going to buy.  It is something I hadn't really thought of and certainly wouldn't want to recommend any native grasses without knowing for sure they are good for horses, but I thought maybe some people here have recommendations.  The guy lives in Iowa, but I can always search the distribution of any recommendations given.<u></u><u></u></p></div></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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