Wykorzystanie przez owce gatunkow roslin uzytych do podsiewu pastwiska gorskiego

Studies on a mountain pasture managed by oversowing with three grass and clover mixtures (grass + white clover) and grazed by sheep were carried out. The assessed elements included sward yielding, the extent to which it and the oversown species were eaten up by sheep. Generally no significant differences were found between yielding of individual mixture swards or the extent to which they were consumed by sheep. The mixture sward was highly utilised, on an average in 80-83% in comparison with the natural sward utilisation which reached 42%. No apparent differences were found among the oversown species concerning sheep preferences. However, white clover was slightly better grazed, then perennial ryegrass and timothy with orchardgrass placed third.