THE WILD LEG1 Mi:> OF MARYLAND A.ND THEIB UTILIZATION. 



Rabbil-foot clover, Trifolium arvense. Also called pussy clover, 

 etc. A narrow-leafed., annual clover, one foot high, with 

 . silk_\. cylindrical heads oi whitish flowers. Introduced in fields 

 and waste places over the Eastern and Southern States. Common over 

 Maryland, especially in somewhat sandy fields where it often forms the 

 principal growth after harvest. Earlier in fields of low crops, like 

 Strawberries, where it is much in the way. It might he utilized as an 

 early mulch, as it matures so much sooner than other clovers. (Plate 1. 

 Figure 39). 



Hop clover, Trifolium dubium. This small clover may occur rarely 

 in Maryland hut has not been found yet. It is from Europe and may he 

 recognized by the heads containing- less than twelve small, yellow 

 :low 



Alsike clover, Trifolium hybridutn. A perennial clover, fifteen 

 inches high, resembling the common white clover, but is more erect 

 and pink-flowered. It is native in Europe and occurs wild frequently 

 in the Northern United States. It may frequently be seen wild in fields 

 in Central Maryland, usually among other clovers. Does best in moist 

 land. The flowers furnish honey for bees. (Figure 13 and Plate I. 

 ! : igure 40). 



Crimsou clover, Trifolium incarnatum. This well-known culti- 

 vated annual clover, one to three feet high, with cylindrical heads of 

 crimson flowers is sometimes seen wild around fields in Maryland and 

 other parts of the Northeast United States. 



Red clover, Trifolium pratense. This most common cultivated 

 clover is often found growing wild in fertile fields and meadows of 

 Maryland and other parts of the United States. It is not common 

 wild in our western counties and is not recorded wild from the southern 

 counties on either side of the Bay. 



Hop clover, Trifolium procumbens. This species of low, spreading 

 hop clover has heads of twenty to forty yellow flowers and has the 

 central leaflet* of each leaf projected beyond the other two by a little 

 stalk. It is found naturalized frequently in all parts of Maryland and 

 states north and south in fields and along roadsides, where it may he 

 of some value as early summer pasture. (Plate I. Figure 38). 



Buffalo clover, Trifolium reflexion, is somewhat like alsike clover, 

 hut the heads over one inch in diameter and borne on a much shorter 

 stalk above the leaves. It is a native of meadows in many parts of the 

 11 United States and may occur in Maryland. 



White clover, Trifolium re pens. The common creeping clov< 

 our lawns and meadows, with small heads of white t 1 1 slender 



stalks six inches or less long, arising from tin- creeping stems. Native 

 in Europe and northern United States and common wild in moist 

 places in central Maryland as well as other parts of the State. It i- an 



llent honey plant and is often used in lawns and meadows. (Plate 

 I. Figure 41). 



Black medic, Mcdicago lupuliua. A low, clover-like, annual plant, 

 but with yellow fl nail, one-seeded pods curved or coiled. 



Introduced from the Old World where it is well thotlffhl of as a forage 



