Across the US Coastal Plain, native grasses and legumes may provide viable alternatives to monoculture pastures of introduced sod-forming grasses, which require recurring costly inputs. Some available cultivars of native grasses, mostly from neighboring regions, have potential to combine forage production for grazing livestock with enhanced habitat, especially for grassland birds. A few native legume species have potential to enhance ecosystem service provisioning of existing grass pastures. Such pastures with native grasses and legumes could complement restoration plantings to increase connectivity and scale of ecosystem function; however, coordination of pasture and restoration plantings would be needed to optimize benefits.

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美国沿海平原管理的草原不断变化的生态和农业期望

在整个美国沿海平原，本地草和豆科植物可能为引入的草皮形成草的单一栽培牧场提供可行的替代品，这需要经常性的昂贵投入。一些可用的本地牧草品种，主要来自邻近地区，具有将牧草生产与改善栖息地相结合的潜力，尤其是草原鸟类。一些本地豆科植物物种具有增强现有草场生态系统服务供应的潜力。这种种植本地草和豆类的牧场可以补充恢复种植，以增加生态系统功能的连通性和规模；然而，需要协调牧场和恢复种植以优化收益。