COVER CROPS

Scientific Name Common Name Plant Family

Medicago sativaalfalfa Fabaceae -‐Pea family

Trifolium hybridumalsike clover Fabaceae -‐Pea
familyVulpia myurosannual fescuePoaceae -‐Grass familyTrifolium
vesiculosumarrowleaf cloverFabaceae -‐Pea
familyHordeumbarleyPoaceae -‐Grass familyEchinochloa crus-‐
galliBarnyard grassPoaceae -‐Grass familyMedicago truncatulaBarrel
cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familySesbania herbaceabigpod
sesbaniaFabaceae -‐Pea familyLotus corniculatusbird's-‐foot
trefoilFabaceae -‐Pea familyMedicago lupulinablack medickFabaceae
-‐Pea familyBrassica nigrablack mustardBrassicaceae -‐Mustard
familyAvena strigosablack oatsPoaceae -‐Grass familyBrassica
junceabrown mustardBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyUrochloa
ramosabrowntop milletPoaceae -‐Grass familyFagopyrum
esculentumbuckwheatPolygonaceae -‐Buckwheat familyMedicago
polymorphaBur cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyDaucus carota var.
sativuscarrotApiaceae -‐Carrot familySecale cerealecereal
ryePoaceae -‐Grass familyBeta vulgaris ssp.
ciclachardChenopodiaceae -‐Goosefoot familyCicer arietinumchick
peaFabaceae -‐Pea familyCichorium intybuschicoryAsteraceae -‐Aster
familyHordeum vulgarecommon barleyPoaceae -‐Grass familyBeta
vulgariscommon beetChenopodiaceae -‐Goosefoot familyLinum
usitatissimumcommon flaxLinaceae -‐Flax familyAvena sativacommon
oatPoaceae -‐Grass familyHelianthus annuuscommon
sunflowerAsteraceae -‐Aster familyTriticum aestivumcommon
wheatPoaceae -‐Grass familyZea mayscornPoaceae -‐Grass
familyVigna unguiculatacowpeaFabaceae -‐Pea familyTrifolium
incarnatumcrimson cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyRaphanus
sativuscultivated radishBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyLolium
temulentumDarnel ryegrassPoaceae -‐Grass familySesbania
bispinosadunchi fiberFabaceae -‐Pea familyTrifolium
alexandrinumEgyptian cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familySesbania
sesbanEgyptian river hempFabaceae -‐Pea familyCamelina
sativafalse flaxBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyVicia fabafava
beanFabaceae -‐Pea familyTrigonellafenugreekFabaceae -‐Pea
familyBrassica rapa var. rapafield mustardBrassicaceae -‐Mustard
familyLathyrus sylvestrisflat peaFabaceae -‐Pea familyAmaranthus
caudatusfoxtail amaranthAmaranthaceae -‐Amaranth family
Setaria italicafoxtail milletPoaceae -‐Grass familyMedicago
rugosagama medicFabaceae -‐Pea familyPisum sativumgarden
peaFabaceae -‐Pea familyVicia sativagarden vetchFabaceae -‐Pea
familyCucurbitagourdCucurbitaceae -‐Cucumber familyCyamopsis
tetragonolobaguarFabaceae -‐Pea familyIndigofera hirsutahairy
indigoFabaceae -‐Pea familyLablab purpureushyacinth beanFabaceae
-‐Pea familyThinopyrum intermediumintermediate
wheatgrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyLolium perenne ssp.
multiflorumItalian ryegrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyCanavalia
ensiformisjack beanFabaceae -‐Pea familyPoa pratensisKentucky
bluegrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyTrifolium ambiguumKura
cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyPhacelia tanacetifolialacy
phaceliaHydrophyllaceae -‐Waterleaf familyVicia grandifloralarge
yellow vetchFabaceae -‐Pea familyLens culinarislentilFabaceae -‐Pea
familyHordeum pusillumlittle barleyPoaceae -‐Grass
familyLupinuslupineFabaceae -‐Pea familyVigna radiatamung
beanFabaceae -‐Pea familyLupinus angustifoliusnarrowleaf
lupineFabaceae -‐Pea familyLotus tenuisnarrowleaf trefoilFabaceae -‐
Pea familyPuccinellia nuttallianaNuttall's alkaligrassPoaceae -‐Grass
familyArachis hypogaeapeanutFabaceae -‐Pea familyPennisetum
glaucumpearl milletPoaceae -‐Grass familyCajanus
cajanpigeonpeaFabaceae -‐Pea familyAmaranthus hybridus ×
hypochondriacusPlainsman amaranthAmaranthaceae -‐Amaranth
familyAmaranthus hypochondriacusPrince-‐of-‐Wales
featherAmaranthaceae -‐Amaranth familyPanicum miliaceumproso
milletPoaceae -‐Grass familyVicia benghalensispurple vetchFabaceae
-‐Pea familyVicia atropurpureapurple vetchFabaceae -‐Pea
familyChenopodium quinoaquinoaChenopodiaceae -‐Goosefoot
familyBrassica napus var. napusrapeBrassicaceae -‐Mustard
familyAmaranthus cruentusred amaranthAmaranthaceae -‐Amaranth
familyTrifolium pratensered cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyArachis
glabratarhizoma peanutFabaceae -‐Pea familyEruca vesicaria ssp.
sativarocketsaladBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyTrifolium hirtumrose
cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyLespedeza capitataroundhead
lespedezaFabaceae -‐Pea familyElymus hoffmanniiRS
wheatgrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyPsathyrostachys junceaRussian
wild ryePoaceae -‐Grass familyCarthamus
tinctoriussafflowerAsteraceae -‐Aster familyOnobrychis
viciifoliasainfoinFabaceae -‐Pea family
Brassica napus var. pabulariaSiberian kaleBrassicaceae -‐Mustard
familyBrachiaria ramosasignalgrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyElymus
trachycaulusslender wheatgrassPoaceae -‐Grass familyMedicago
scutellatasnail medickFabaceae -‐Pea familyBromus hordeaceussoft
bromePoaceae -‐Grass familySorghum bicolorsorghumPoaceae -‐
Grass familyGlycine maxsoybeanFabaceae -‐Pea familySpinacia
oleraceaspinachChenopodiaceae -‐Goosefoot familyTrifolium
fragiferumstrawberry cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyTrifolium
subterraneumsubterranean cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familySorghum
bicolor var. bicolor × bicolor var. sudanenseSudexPoaceae -‐Grass
familySorghum bicolor ×S. bicolor var. sudanense Sudex (Sorghum-‐
sudangrass)Poaceae -‐Grass familyCrotalaria junceasunn
hempFabaceae -‐Pea familyMelilotus officinalissweetcloverFabaceae
-‐Pea familyMelilotus albawhite sweet cloverFabaceae -‐Pea
familyThinopyrum ponticumtall wheatgrassPoaceae -‐Grass
familyEragrostis tefteffPoaceae -‐Grass familyTriticosecale
rimpauitriticalePoaceae -‐Grass familyMucuna pruriensvelvet
beanFabaceae -‐Pea familyMedicago littoraliswater medickFabaceae
-‐Pea familyPuccinellia distansweeping alkaligrassPoaceae -‐Grass
familyTrifolium repenswhite cloverFabaceae -‐Pea familyLupinus
albuswhite lupineFabaceae -‐Pea familySinapis albawhite
mustardBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyBrassica hirtawhite
mustardBrassicaceae -‐Mustard familyLathyrus sativuswhite
peaFabaceae -‐Pea familyLolium rigidumWimmera ryegrassPoaceae -
‐Grass familyVicia villosawinter vetchFabaceae -‐Pea
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