STRAWBERRY CLOVER 



with the other plant seed. Because of its palatability, scattered 

 plants are usually closely grazed, and thus seed production is limited. 

 In many places the spread of occasional plants has been mostly by 

 means of the creeping stems. With the development of interest in 

 this clover, large and small areas of it have been discovered in all of 







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Figure 1. — Leaf, seed head, shattered seed envelopes (inflated calyx), and seed 

 of strawberry clover. About normal size. (Courtesy of the Washington 

 Agricultural Experiment Station.) 



the Northwestern States. These plantings range from a fraction of 

 an acre to fields of over 40 acres. Several of these plantings have 

 been known for 30 years or more. 



Range of Adaptation 



Strawberry clover is adapted to a wide range of conditions, having 

 been established successfully in most of the Western States. The 

 plant, however, is of particular value on wet saline or alkaline soils, 



