Abstract:

  The natural grasslands of China are complex. There are meadow-, steppe-, desert-

steppe grasslands etc.  There are 2,520 species  of  wild herbage  belonging  to  512

genera, 88 families in the natural grasslands.  According to the productive need for

grazing, the characteristics of grassland type and the bioecological peculiarities of the

herbage, it is necessary to choose the excellent species of herbage for improvenment of

the natural grassland and for use in cultivation, but not to limit to any particular

genus or family.  Basing on this principle the author recommended 46 species of

herbage and simply described their bioecological characteristics, nutrition value and

use for introduction of every species.