So younger is better and the part nearest the roots is better, but what makes life possible for the pronghorn is a supply of forbs—small broadleaf plants growing among the grasses.
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Forb
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Catalan
1 entries- fòrbia noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
French
1 entries- phorbe noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
Georgian
1 entries- ნაირბალახეული noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
Korean
1 entries- 광엽초본 noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
Malagasy
1 entries- fôrba noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
Spanish
1 entries- forbia noun (non-graminoid flowering plant)
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2004, A. Kirilov, P. Todorova Development of forage areas and forage resources in Bulgaria during the period of transition, A. Lüscher, et al. (editors), Land Use Systems in Grassland Dominated Regions: Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Grassland Science in Europe, Volume 9, page 859, Buchgraber (1995) recommends 50-70% of grasses, 10-30% of legumes and also 10-30% of forbs on meadows, while Kessler (1994) recommends the same proportion of grasses, 10-20% of legumes and 20-40% of forbs on natural meadows.
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Common understory forbs included, but were not limited to, large-leaved aster, bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), bluebead lily, species of clubmoss, Canada mayflower, and sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).
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