| Images of Sweetclovers
| | Note: The following cover crop images are part of an extensive collection of cover crop photographs maintained the UC SAREP staff. The images have not been completely categorized and labeled. Some will be included in a book on cover crops due out in 1997, but all images have been made available online because of the overwhelming number of requests we have had for them. |
| Both annual and biennial forms of white sweetclover are available. New Mexico, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| White sweetclover has a strong taproot reputed to be good at breaking up clay pan and plow pan. New Mexico, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| The flowers of white sweetclover attract bees, tachinid flies, and large wasps. New Mexico, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| White sweetclover (Melilotus albus) is is a bienniel or annual legume with a strong taproot. East Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| White sweetclover has a strong taproot reputed to reduce problems with clay pans. New Mexico, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| White sweetclover has a strong taproot reputed to reduce problems with clay pans. New Mexico, photo by Bob Bugg. |
| White sweetclover is available in annual and biennial forms. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., CA. Photo by Bob Bugg. |
| Yellow sweetclover (Melilolotus officinalis). New Mexico, photo by Robert L. Bugg.
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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program |
