Changes in herbaceous vegetation attributes and nutritional quality as influenced by cutting frequencies in the enclosure of Borana rangelands, southern Ethiopia

Herbaceous vegetation species’ responses to cutting frequencies have not been evaluated in the Borana rangelands, southern Ethiopia. The current study was investigated to determine the grass and non-grass species’ yield responses to four cutting frequencies over two years (2019 and 2020). The four treatments were cutting once after the end of the main growing season (T1), cutting every week (T2), cutting every-two weeks (T3), and cutting every-three weeks (T4). Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. In total, 37 different herbaceous species comprising 15 grasses and 22 non-grasses were sampled. Treatments had a significant effect (p