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Plant
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Seedheads
and flowers
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Leaves
and stems
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Seed
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| perennial
ryegrass Lolium perenne L |
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| orchardgrass
or cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata L |
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| tall fescue Festuca arundinacea L |
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| downy brome Bromus tectorum |
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| Kentucky
bluegrass Poa pratensis |
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| Smooth
bromegrass Bromus inermis |
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| quackgrass Elytrigia repens (formerly Agropyron) |
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| reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea |
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| timothy Phleum pratense |
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| Warm season grasses | ||||
| sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula |
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| switchgrass Panicum virgatum |
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| barnyard grass Echinochloa crusgalli |
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| big bluestem Andropogon gerardii |
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| Legumes | ||||
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white
clover or
ladino clover Trifolium repens |
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alsike clover
Trifolium hybridum |
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| red clover Trifolium pratense |
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| alfalfa Medicago sativa |
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| kura clover
or caucasian clover Trifolium ambiguum |
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| sweet clover Melilotus indica |
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| birdsfoot
trefoil Lotus corniculatus L |
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| black medic Medicago lupulina |
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| crown vetch Securigera varia previously Coronilla varia |
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| hairy vetch Vicia villosa |
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| hop clover Trifolium dubium |
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| crimson
clover Trifolium incarnatum |
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| chicory |
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| burdock | 
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| turnip/rape/canola Brassica rapa Brassica napus |
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plantain forage plantain |
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