Legumes

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Monoculture Plot Growth  Description
Amorpha canescens Lead plant
Amorpha canescens

 

Fabaceae. Shrub. Leaves alternate. Leaves pinnately compound with many leaflets. Leaflets silvery above in young plants and dark blue-green with age. No similar species found frequently in experiment.
Lespedeza capitata Roundhead bush clover
Lespedeza capitata

Fabaceae. Forb. Leaves alternate. Leaves are compound with three leaflets. Leaves are oval and toothless with a distinct point at the tip and two brown spiky bracts at the leaf base. The leaf and the stalk are both densely pubescent with sivery hairs. Inflorescence is a green clover-like spiky flower found at the top of the plant (turns brown in the fall). No similar species found frequently in experiment.
Lupinus perennis Lupine
Lupinus perennis

 

Fabaceae. Forb. Leaves palmately compound with 7-11 small leaflets. Flowers are purple in a spike 10-20cm long. No similar species found frequently in experiment.
Petalostemum villosum Silky prairie clover
Petalostemum villosum

Fabaceae. Forb. Both leaves and stem densely villous or pubescent all over. Compound leaves with 9-17 small leaflets. Flowers are purple on a terminal spike. No similar species frequently found in experiment.