{"id":3220,"date":"2011-04-19T11:51:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:06:34","slug":"red-clover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/herbaceous-broadleaf-weeds\/pink-flowers\/red-clover\/","title":{"rendered":"Red clover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated April 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <em>Trifolium pratense<\/em> L.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name(s):<\/strong> red clover, purple clover, wild clover, meadow trefoil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link(s):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=TRPR2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA PLANTS Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/trifolium\/pratense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Images:<\/strong> (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose &#8220;view image&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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forests<\/p>\n<p><strong>agriculture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-browsed by many animals<\/p>\n<p>-high protein content<\/p>\n<p>-grows rapidly<\/p>\n<p>-Nitrogen fixation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Native to Europe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heinrich, B. 1976. Flowering phenologies: Bog, woodland, and disturbed habitats. <em>Ecology<\/em>. 57(5):890-899.<\/p>\n<p>United States Department of Agriculture (2020). <span class=\"search\"><i>Trifolium pratense<\/i> L. <\/span><span class=\"search\"> red clover, consercation plant characterisitics. https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/java\/charProfile?symbol=TRPR2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>United States Forest Service. Pink, Rose, Red, or Purple Flowered Forbes, Red Clover, Invasive plants and weeds of the national forests and grasslands in the southwestern region. https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/r3\/resources\/health\/invasives\/pinkForbs\/redClover.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated April 2019. Scientific name: Trifolium pratense L. 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