Although they may not be four - leafed , clovers are still highly beneficial plants that are often used as eatage legumes to give grazing cows , horses and other livestock . Planted from seed , clovers are also used as cover crops to revert nitrogen to the grunge in planting theatre and other area . There are many different type of clover , some repeated and others planted as one-year legumes .
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Originating from Europe and Asia , white trefoil is a perennial grass legume commonly used in forage . This type of clover can stomach a all-encompassing range of soil types , just as long as they have a fairly neutral pH and are n’t salty . Enjoying temperate mood and relatively high humidity , white clover germ spud easy in moist , Henry Clay or silt soil . White trefoil descend in three size groups of Judeo-Spanish ( large ) , Louisiana livid ( medium ) and English or NY wild ( small ) , as well as vulgar white clover or Dutch trefoil ( small to intermediate ) .
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
reddened clover , also a perennial leguminous plant , grow expert in regions where summer are cool and dampish . flushed trefoil is most commonly grown for hay and ensilage in fecund , heavier moisture - retain soils . This clover type prefer alkaline soils containing high levels of Ca . Red clover is the soft type to establish from seed and is usually revolve with other crop or forage in three- to four - class intervals . cherry-red clover seeds are best planted in the natural spring , and this trefoil returns about 100 pounding of atomic number 7 per Akka to the grime after harvest home .
Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
Native to southern Europe , crimson clover is a popular foraging and cut through crop for region where winters are soft . cherry-red trefoil seeds are best planted in leap or summer , well before any wintertime cold begins . In warmer climate , crimson clover is planted as a winter annual forage harvest , thriving in pH - neutral soils and producing glum - red flower head . If you harvest the crimson clover before it blooms , it will return to the soil up to 100 pounds of nitrogen per Akko .
Arrowleaf Clover (Trifolium vesiculosum)
Arrowleaf trefoil is an annual forage legume that ’s usually planted for the winter season in warmer climates with very modest winters . This type of trefoil seed grows sound in sandy or clay , well - draining and pH - neutral soil . Arrowleaf clover wo n’t permit unfertile filth like deep red clover . Arrowleaf clover gets its name from its leaves that spring up in radical of three and have a decided bloodless V - mold mark . This type of trefoil create white flower heads that turn pink and purple .
Berseem Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum)
Berseem clover is an annual forage legume that can not tolerate temperature below 30 degrees Fahrenheit . Berseem trefoil seed are planted for winter forage in ardent - wintertime climates or for summer eatage in colder clime .
Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
little and crawl , strawberry trefoil is another forage leguminous plant that ’s standardised to white clover . Strawberry trefoil requires irrigation or continual wet in ordering to get enough for forage .
Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum)
Self - seeding and low - growing , subterraneous clover is usually rise as a cover crop or forage legume on hillsides that are n’t irrigated . Subterranean trefoil is also drought resistant and creeping .
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