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Berseem Clover
Trifolium alexandrinum
Berseem Clover is a cool-season nitrogen-fixing forage legume for alkaline, poorly drained ground, cut 4-6 times a season for up to 4 tons of forage per acre and unique among the clovers researched here for causing no reported bloat. It tolerates pH 6.5-8.5 and short waterlogging better than alfalfa, but ordinary seed dies after a few days below 20 F, so only a cold-tolerant cultivar such as Bigbee or Frosty survives a hard freeze.
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Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 8
- Soil
- Silt · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Moderate · Wet
Vertical layer
Herbaceous- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.5
- Plant type
- Annual
- Mature height
- 12–15 in
- Mature spread
- Not yet recorded
- Plant spacing
- Plant
- Root type
- Tap
- Spread pattern
- None
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