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Resources Tagged: Pasture And Forage Legumes

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  1. Silk Tree

    Albizia lucida is a nitrogen-fixing reforestation tree that grows quickly and tolerates poor soil and waterlogging. Timber from this tree is used for furniture, construction, and pulp. It can also be used as high protein fodder and a shade tree.
    Agroforestry Tree ... Pasture and Forage... Agroforestry Trees Timber Albizia julibrissin

  2. American Joint Vetch

    Aeschynomene americana is an annual legume forage crop and green manure cover crop. Considered a “subshrub,” A. americana can reach heights of 1-2 m. Pinnately compound leaves are finely textured, with 25-60 leaflets per leaf. Borne on pubescent stems, leaves reach 7.5 cm in length. Flowers...
    Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage...

  3. Velvet Bean

    Velvet bean is a vigorous, nitrogen-fixing, bushy or vining, annual plant. The vines will climb anything available and can reach 10 m or more in length. Velvet bean is somewhat drought tolerant and is an excellent green manure or cover crop with ability to suppress weeds and provide generous...
    Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage... Mucuna Velvet Bean

  4. Jack Bean

    Canavalia ensiformis is native to the West Indies and Central America. It closely resembles Sword Bean, C. gladiata, and the predominantly African wild species, C. virosa. C. ensiformis is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics although it is regarded as a minor vegetable rather than a...
    Vegetable Legumes Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage...

  5. Purdue U. - Center for New Crops & Plant Products

    NewCROP (New Crops Resource Online Program) is an information-rich site related to crop plants. It is a project of the Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products and is associated with the New Crop Diversification project and the Jefferson Institute.
    Green Manures and ... Key Resource Pasture and Forage...

  6. Low-Toxin Grass Pea

    2008-01-01 Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is a drought tolerant legume used as forage for livestock or as food for people (seeds are roasted, cooked into porridge or ground for use in bread). The plant thrives in poor soil, drought or flooding.
    Leguminosae Grain Legumes (Pul... Pasture and Forage... Forages Livestock Legume Health Nutrition Drought Tolerant P...