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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
Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade
Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)
Zone 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Alfalfa

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Alfalfa Dormant

Alfalfa Dormant

Medicago sativa var. dormancy

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Alfalfa Dormant Ladak

Medicago sativa subsp. sativa cv. Ladak

Alfalfa Saranac

Alfalfa Saranac

Medicago sativa 'Saranac'

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Alfalfa Vernal

Medicago sativa L.

Alsike Clover

Alsike Clover

Trifolium hybridum

Berseem Clover

Berseem Clover

Trifolium alexandrinum

Bird's-foot trefoil

Bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Clover

Clover

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

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Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Crimson Clover

Crimson Clover

Trifolium incarnatum

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Nitrogen-fixing cover crops

Various species (Fabaceae family primary)

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Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers

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

Purple Vetch

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Red Clover

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

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Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Vetch

Vetch

Vicia sativa

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White Clover

Trifolium repens

White Dutch Clover

White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

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Wooly Pod Vetch

Vicia villosa

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