牛皮菜也叫厚皮菜。为藜科甜菜属、牛皮菜种。多年来。人们作为冬春备荒蔬菜供食用。因其高产，适应性广。抗病虫害，营养丰富等特点，近年、城口县村民高产栽培，供作青饲料，解决了冬春畜、禽青饲料长期不足的矛盾；经济效益极显著。凡是缺乏青饲料的山区、浅丘，或是平坝， Called vegetables also known as thick vegetables. For the Chenopodiaceae beet, cowpea species. Over the years. People prepare winter vegetables for food. Because of its high yield, wide adaptability. Pests and diseases, rich nutrition and other characteristics. In recent years, the villagers of Chengkou County have been cultivated for high forage yield for green fodder, which has solved the long-standing contradictions of winter and spring livestock and poultry fodder; the economic benefits are extremely significant. Any lack of green feed mountain, shallow hill, or Pingba,