PLANTS Profile for Medicago orbicularis (blackdisk medick)

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PLANTS Profile

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.
blackdisk medick

Symbol:

MEOR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48


Common Names:
	large-disc medic
	button-clover
	miegla de caracolillo

More Information:

Images:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

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Synonyms:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

MEORM2

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal. var. marginata (Willd.) Benth.

Distribution:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.


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USA (AL, CA, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OK, TN, TX)

Related Taxa:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 38 species in Medicago

Classification:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Medicago L. – alfalfa
Species	Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal. – blackdisk medick

Introduced Information:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

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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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

	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
Gee	Low
Yarrow	Low		Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

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

More Accounts and Images:
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

View species account 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 503724.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 04:01 PM MDT