Nitrogen Fixing Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Lincoln

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

Genus: !Amorpha L. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. * class: Equisetopsida C.

* Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas.

The inflorescence is up to 44 centimeters long, bearing whorls of flowers each 1 to 1.6 centimeters long. It is a hairy, erect perennial herb often exceeding a meter in height. * Perennial wild flower, Flowers in clusters, color purple.

Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. Thick growing and winter hardy. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.

Genus: !Amorpha L. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. * class: Equisetopsida C.

* The root is eaten cooked or raw. Unfortunately, yields are rather low and so the plant is only worthwhile growing as a taste treat, not as a staple crop. * Lathyrus tuberosus is native to Europe and parts of western Asia.

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

* The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the...

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while...

* Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America. Montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20...

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China.

* An orange-red to brown dye can be obtained from the bark. * A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

* Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America. Montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20...

* The root is eaten cooked or raw. Unfortunately, yields are rather low and so the plant is only worthwhile growing as a taste treat, not as a staple crop. * Lathyrus tuberosus is native to Europe and parts of western Asia.

It grows naturally in wetlands, near flowing bodies of water, sand dunes , fields, hillsides, pine barrens , and in both needleleaf and mixed-broadleaf forests. This is most rapid in the first season after a fire.

* The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten. * A shrub; red flowers in racemes.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the wood. * Calia secundiflora is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae , that is native to the southwestern United States ( Texas , New Mexico ) and Mexico ( Chihuahua and Coahuila south...

* Melilotus officinalis can be an annual or biennial plant, and is 4–6 feet (1.2–1.8 m) high at maturity. * Melilot, used either externally or internally, can help treat varicose veins and haemorrhoids though it requires a long-term treatment for...

The Latin subspecies name, meaning rugose or wrinkled, refers to the network of sunken veins prominent on the lower leaf surfaces. * This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc.

* It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. * Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many...

* Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow . * The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised.

* Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has four wings; evergreen or semideciduous compound leaves; native to both Chile and New Zealand.

The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds, which may spread the plant excessively; native to Japan.

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade.

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.