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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 11 plants (filtered)

Alder

Alnus species

Alsike Clover

Trifolium hybridum

Clover

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

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Legumes

Fabaceae family

Legumes (Beans and Peas)

Fabaceae family (Phaseolus, Pisum, Vicia spp.)

Mountain Alder

Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia

Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers

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

Pea

Pisum sativum

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Sitka Alder

Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata

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