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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+)

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Showing 16 plants (filtered)

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Alfalfa Dormant

Medicago sativa var. dormancy

Alfalfa Dormant Ladak

Medicago sativa subsp. sativa cv. Ladak

Alfalfa Saranac

Medicago sativa 'Saranac'

Alfalfa Vernal

Medicago sativa L.

Bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Crimson Clover

Trifolium incarnatum

Desert Bitterbrush

Purshia tridentata

Mountain Alder

Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Sitka Alder

Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata

Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Vetch

Vicia sativa

Wooly Pod Vetch

Vicia villosa

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