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Plant · P-082
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
Red Clover is a nitrogen-fixing forage and cover crop - 19.7% crude protein fresh, a strong bee draw, and food and medicinal uses from its leaf, flower and root - but where summers run hot it behaves as an overwintering annual, producing from a fall sowing through a spring burnout rather than persisting on its full zone rating. Watch for bloat in grazing ruminants and phytoestrogens that can disrupt reproduction in sheep and pigs.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 3–9
- Soil
- Silt · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moderate
Vertical layer
Herbaceous- Soil pH
- 5.8–7
- Plant type
- Biennial
- Mature height
- 6–24 in
- Mature spread
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