Plant Growing Guides

Cash Crop

Agricultural commodity crop (varies by type)

Arctic Brome

Bromus pumpellianus

Brassicas (Cover Crop Blend)

Brassica spp. (mixed species blend)

Brassica Cover Crop Mix

Brassica spp. (B. oleracea, B. napus, B. rapa)

Canada Bluegrass

Poa compressa

Cash Crops Mix

Multiple species

Clover and Vetch

Trifolium spp. and Vicia spp.

Cover Crops

Fagopyrum esculentum (Buckwheat) / Trifolium spp. (Clover)

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Cottongrass

Eriophorum species

Cover Crops (Grass and Legume Mix)

Multiple species (e.g., Lolium, Trifolium, Medicago, Vicia)

Legume Cover Crops

Fabaceae family (various species)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Nitrogen-fixing cover crops

Various species (Fabaceae family primary)

Non-Brassica Cover Crops

Various species (see description)

Non-legume Cover Crop Mix

Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) & Helianthus annuus (sunflower)

Annual Crops Requiring Nitrogen Enrichment

Various species (Brassica oleracea, Solanum lycopersicum, Zea mays, etc.)

Salt-Tolerant Crops

Various species

Witchgrass

Panicum capillare

Siberian onion

Allium odorum

Vegetable Gardening - Preceding Crop Rotation

Horticultural crop rotation practice