in small grain for use as hay or grazing after the small grain is har- 

 vested. The perennial is usually planted alone. 



Striate Lespedeza 



Striate lespedeza is grown in the area south of an irregular line that 

 runs through southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania, central Ohio, Indiana, 

 and Illinois, and through southern Iowa into eastern Kansas. Common and 

 Kobe are the recognized varieties of striate lespedeza. In the northern 

 limits of its range, common is a low-growing pasture plant only, but farther 

 south it can be cut for hay. Kobe is later maturing and more widely used 

 than noncertified striate. It is frost sensitive and is grown only as far 

 north as North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma. 



Korean Lespedeza 



Korean lespedeza is grown in the more northern part of the striate 

 lespedeza area--in southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, 

 Illinois, and Iowa; in eastern Kansas and Oklahoma; and in Virginia, West 

 Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. 

 It has the same soil preferences and uses as striate. 



Climax is a late -maturing variety that can be grown farther south 

 than common Korean and produces larger yields of hay. 



Rowan is a productive new variety of Korean maturity that carries 

 resistance to two species of root -knot nematodes and to powdery 

 mildew. 



Iowa 6 is an early-maturing variety adapted to the most northern 

 part of the lespedeza belt. It is grown for hay and for late summer 

 pasture. 



Sericea Lespedeza 



Sericea lespedeza is adapted to the area lying south of the Ohio River 

 and east of central Kansas and Oklahoma, except for southern Florida. It is 

 erratic in its cold tolerance; it has survived the winter in both Michigan 

 and Vermont, and yet has failed to survive in areas with less severe 

 temperatures. 



Sericea lespedeza grows well on poor eroded clays, clay loams, or 

 silt loams, but maximum yields are obtained on more fertile soils. 



The legume serves as a conservation, hay, or pasture crop. It is not 

 as palatable as most legumes, particularly after it reaches 12 inches in 

 height. The high tannin content and the coarse stems of the forage are be- 

 lieved responsible for its unpalatability. 



LUPINE 



The lupines serve as winter annuals in South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Florida, and Alabama. The early introductions of these species were 

 poisonous because of the high alkaloid content of the leaves and seed. 



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