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Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

Legumes and cover crops that naturally enrich your soil by converting atmospheric nitrogen into plant-available nutrients.

Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

Zone 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Showing 17 plants (filtered)

Alder

Alnus species

Alsike Clover

Trifolium hybridum

Bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Clover

Trifolium repens (White Clover) / Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)

Crimson Clover

Trifolium incarnatum

Erythrina

Erythrina spp.

Legumes

Fabaceae family

Legumes (Beans and Peas)

Fabaceae family (Phaseolus, Pisum, Vicia spp.)

Mountain Alder

Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia

Mung Bean

Vigna radiata

Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers

Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)

Pea

Pisum sativum

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Red Alder

Alnus rubra

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Sitka Alder

Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata

White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

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