PLANTS Profile for Trifolium pratense (red clover)

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Trifolium pratense L.
red clover

Symbol:

TRPR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Italy. Usage Requirements.

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Trifolium pratense L.

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Synonyms:
Trifolium pratense L.

	TRPRF	Trifolium pratense L. var. frigidum auct. non Gaudin
	TRPRS	Trifolium pratense L. var. sativum (Mill.) Schreb.

Distribution:
Trifolium pratense L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Trifolium pratense L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 170 species in Trifolium

Classification:
Trifolium pratense L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Trifolium L. – clover
Species	Trifolium pratense L. – red clover

Introduced Information:
Trifolium pratense L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name=	A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \| all

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Trifolium pratense L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU-

FACU+

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FACU+

FAC

NI*

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Trifolium pratense L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Yarrow	Low		Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Trifolium pratense L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26313.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Trifolium pratense L.

Botanischer Garden der Ruhr (image)

Cornell University cover crops page for red clover

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

FAO-Animal Feed Resource Systems

FAO-Picture Gallery

IN-Purdue University Center for New Crops & Plants Products

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (Sustainable Agriculture Network)

VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

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