Cool Season Legume
AC Greenfix (chickling vetch)
• Very good nitrogen producer
• Good forage production
• Very efficient with moisture
• Short season plant, can produce up to 134# at 72 days of growth
Alfalfa
• Upright plant
• High water use and poor salinity tolerance generally
• Non-dormant cultivators can perform like an annual
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
Austrian Winter Peas
• Upright plant
• Low water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Flowers attract pollinators
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Common Vetch
• Annual or biennial
• Prostrate plant
• Low to medium water use and poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
Crimson Clover
• Annual or biennial
• Upright plant
• Thrives well on both well-drained sandy soils and clay type soils
• Does not do well in extreme cold or heat
• Good quick producer of nitrogen
Hairy Vetch
• Annual or biennial
• Prostrate plant
• Low to medium water use and poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
Lentils
• Upright and spreading plant
• Low water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Self pollinated, but flowers may attract pollinators
Lupins
• Upright plant
• Low water use
• Prefers acid soils
• Flowers attract pollinators
• Does not form arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Red Clover
• Biennial or short lived perennial
• Upright plant
• Medium water use and poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
Spring Forage Peas
• Upright plant
• Low water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Flowers attract pollinators
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
White Clover
• Upright plant
• Medium water use and poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
Yellow Field Peas
• Upright plant
• Low water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Flowers attract pollinators
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Yellow Sweet Clover
• Annual/biennial
• Upright plant
• Moderate water use and fair salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Flowers attract pollinators
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