A Guide to Overseeding Warm-Season Perennial Grasses with Cool-Season Annuals

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Table 2. Cool-season annual legume species, preferred soil characteristics, plant traits, and seeding rates.

Species	Soil			Plant				Pure stand seeding rates
Species	pH	Texture	Drain- age	Maturity	Cold toler- ance	Bloat potential	Reseeding potential	Pure stand seeding rates
Arrowleaf clover	6.0-7.0	sand, loam	good	late	good	low	high	8-10
Ball clover	6.5-8.0	sand, loam, clay loam	fair	medium	good	high	high	2-3
Berseem clover	6.5-8.5	loam, clay	poor	medium	poor	low	low	12-16
Crimson clover	6.0-7.0	sand, loam	good	early	good	medium	low	16-20
Medics, annual	7.0-8.0	sand, loam, clay	fair	early	poor	high	high	10-12
Persian clover	6.0-8.0	loam, clay	poor	medium	fair	high	medium	6-8
Red clover	6.5-8.0	loam, clay	good	late	good	low	low	10-12
Rose clover	6.0-8.0	sand, loam, clay	good	medium	good	low	high	12-16
Subterranean clover T. subterranean T. brachy- calcinum	6.0-7.2 7.0-8.0	loam clay loam clay	fair fair	medium medium	fair poor	medium medium	low low	16-20 16-20
Sweetclover, annual	6.5-8.0	loam, clay	fair	medium- late	good	medium	high	12-15
Vetch, Hairy	5.5-8.0	sand, loam, clay	good	medium	good	low	low	20-30
White clover	6.0-7.5	loam, clay	poor	late	good	high	high	3-4