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§1 Plant

Trifolium hybridum L.

vernacular alsike clover — species · Fabaceae

USDA
TRHY
GBIF
6109535
Rank
species
alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)
Platephotograph · Gabriel Somarriba source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Trifolium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 1,171 counties across 47 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 1171 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
50 min.
Precipitation
26–60 in/yr
pH range
5.6–7.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
High
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
680,400
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
High
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,171 counties across 47 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
California view state ↗ 23 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 22 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 25 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 57 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 54 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 65 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 27 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 34 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 52 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 65 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 66 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 24 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 42 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 58 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 13 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRHY ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6109535 ↗

Record version

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