Forage kochia (Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad.), also known as prostrate kochia, or prostrate
summer cypress is a long-lived, perennial, semi-evergreen, half-shrub well adapted to the
temperate, semiarid and arid regions of central Asia and the western U.S. In these areas it
has proven to be a valuable forage plant for sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and horses.