Impacts of Grazing on the Selected Features of Herbaceous Species and Harvested Dry Matter Yield of Natural Pasture

Table 3

The percentage distribution of plant families and their species in the three grazing sites.

Plant family	Grazing system			Overall
	Grazing exclusion areas	Controlled grazing	Continuous grazing
Acanthaceae (%)	2.86	0.00	0.00	1.69
Apiaceae (%)	0.00	3.23	4.17	1.69
Asteraceae (%)	5.71	3.23	12.50	8.47
Commelinaceae (%)	0.00	0.00	8.33	3.39
Cyperaceae (%)	8.57	3.23	12.50	6.78
Fabaceae (%)	20.00	29.03	12.50	18.64
Plantaginaceae (%)	0.00	3.23	0.00	1.69
Poaceae (%)	62.86	54.84	41.67	54.24
Santalaceae (%)	0.00	3.23	4.17	1.69
Urticaceae (%)	0.00	0.00	4.17	1.69
Total (%)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.0