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Medicago sativa L., & other Medicago species

Fabaceae

Alfalfa, Bur Clover, Lucerne, Medic, Sativa


We have information from several sources:

New Uses for Alfalfa and Other "Old" Forage Legumes— Joe H. Bouton

Handbook of Energy Crops—James A. Duke. 1983. unpublished.

Alfalfa From: J.R. Magness et al., 1971. Food and Feed Crops of the United States.

Bur-Clovers - Medicago polymorpha and M. arabica. From: J.R. Magness et al., 1971. Food and Feed Crops of the United States.

See: Annual Medics In: Winter Survival of Austrian Winter Pea and Annual Medic on the Western High Plains. Krall, J., R.W. Groose, and J. Sobels. 1996.

Annual Medics: An Annual Forage Legume for Indiana. (Article from the New Crops News, 1993)

Special Purpose Forage Legumes —Melvin D. Rumbaugh

Alfalfa Stems: Potential Biofuel for Woodstoves—A. Gray, C. Anderson, E. Koppelman, B. Bjornsen, K. Frank, and M. Siedell

New Crops for Canadian Agriculture—Ernest Small