Taxonomy
Lolium perenne | Perennial Rye-grass | Seagalach buan
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Native
Species Biology
Habitat
Meadows, roadsides and waste places
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Seed accessions in the National Genebank, Backweston (improved cultivar and wild seed collected in 2010). Material held by Oakpark, Teagasc. Living collection in the National Botanic Garden.
Use
Forage crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
Perennial ryegrass is an important pasture and forage plant and is used in many pasture seed mixes. In fertile soil it produces a high grass yield, and in Britain and Ireland is frequently sown for short-term hay grassland, often with red or white clover (Trifolium spp).