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Horse pastures

Horses are very selective grazers and particularly avoid dung patches, which take a long time to disappear. So if horses are kept permanently in one paddock, it will develop a mix of very closely grazed areas and rank, ungrazed pasture.

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Deric Charlton. 'Pastures', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/pastures/11/5