HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Choices depend on the livestock component and must be tolerant of grazing and productive under shade. Currently, silvopasture systems primarily involve cattle, goats, or sheep. Other potential livestock choices include: horses, turkeys, chickens, ostriches, emu, or game animals such as bison, deer, elk, and caribou.

Detailed explanation-2: -Silvopastures can increase wildlife diversity (e.g., quail, turkey) and improve water quality. The forage protects the soil from water and wind erosion, while adding organic matter to improve soil properties. Silvopastures provide an attractive landscape with an aesthetically pleasing “park-like” setting.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fast growing species such as locust, alder, willow, and poplar offer an advantage because they can quickly grow above browse height, which allows for faster integration with grazing management. In any case, a balance has to be struck so that all parts of the system are optimized.

Detailed explanation-4: -Warm-season forages like bahiagrass, bermudagrass, dallisgrass, johnsongrass, switchgrass, perennial peanut, and sericea lespedeza grow during warm season, and die or remain dormant in cool season. if selected and managed properly, different types of forages can be grown successfully in a silvopasture system.