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Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

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

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Alder

Alder

Alnus species

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

Bean

Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Berseem Clover

Berseem Clover

Trifolium alexandrinum

Bird's-foot trefoil

Bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Black Bean

Black Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Black Lentil

Black Lentil

Lens culinaris var. nigra

Black Locust

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Chickpea Kabuli

Chickpea Kabuli

Cicer arietinum

Clover

Clover

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

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Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Cowpea

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Cowpea / Black-eyed Pea

Cowpea / Black-eyed Pea

Vigna unguiculata

Crimson Clover

Crimson Clover

Trifolium incarnatum

Desert Bitterbrush

Desert Bitterbrush

Purshia tridentata

Dwarf Bean

Dwarf Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

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Field Pea CDC Amarillo

Pisum sativum subsp. arvense

Green Bean

Green Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Kidney Bean

Kidney Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Legumes

Legumes

Fabaceae family

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Legumes (Beans and Peas)

Fabaceae family (Phaseolus, Pisum, Vicia spp.)

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Legumes (Peas and Beans)

Fabaceae family (Pisum sativum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Lens culinaris, Cicer arietinum)

Mountain Alder

Mountain Alder

Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia

Mung Bean

Mung Bean

Vigna radiata

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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)

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes

Fabaceae family (various genera including Trifolium, Medicago, Vicia, Lupinus)

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Nitrogen-Fixing Plants (General Category)

Various species with Rhizobium/Bradyrhizobium symbiosis

Pea

Pea

Pisum sativum

Pole Bean

Pole Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Yard Long Bean

Yard Long Bean

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis

Purple Vetch

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Red Clover

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Sitka Alder

Sitka Alder

Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata

Split Pea

Split Pea

Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon

Vetch

Vetch

Vicia sativa

White Dutch Clover

White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

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Wooly Pod Vetch

Vicia villosa

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