Pastures for Florida


 It spreads vigorously by means of underground stems and
occasionally by seed, and is classed as a serious pest on crop land.

 PASTURE LEGUMES
 White Clover (Trifolium repens L.), also called White Dutch
clover, is the most important legume of pastures in the eastern


part of the United
States. There are
many varieties of
White clover, dif-
fering in leafi-
ness, seeding
habits, size and
other morpholog-
ical characters.
The Louisiana
variety of White
clover is best
adapted to Flor-
ida.
 White clover,
which grows 3 to
15 inches high, is
a winter annual,
or perennial,
spreading by seed
and surface run-
ners which root
at the joints. The
3 leaflets, which
f o r m compound
leaves, are ovate
in shape and 1/
to 3/ inch in
length. The leaf-
lets are free of


 FIG. 36.-WHITE CLOVER.
 It is readily identified by the whitish seedheads,
leaflets with whitish markings and free of hairs,
and creeping runners which root at the joints.


hairs, frequently have saw-toothed margins and whitish marks
in the center (Fig. 36). White to slightly pink seedheads are
borne on long, slender stems. There are usually 80 to 200 small
yellowish seed per seedhead.
 Louisiana White clover seeds prolifically in late spring, pro-
ducing sufficient seed for harvesting in addition to reseeding