Medicago sativa

Characteristics
Fabaceae
Medicago
Medicago sativa L.
alfalfa
Cultivated for "hay" it also naturalizes to successional fields, pastures, roadsides, and disturbed soils.
Herbaceous
Annual
Vascular
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Not Native Naturalized UPL (NWPL EMP) UPL (NWPL NCNE) SNA (State Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Fabales
Medicago
Medicago sativa L. - alfalfa
Citation
Medicago sativa L.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 26 Oct 2011 - 1
Medicago_sativa_ssp_sativa_ANelson_111026_04.jpg
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 26 Oct 2011 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 26 Oct 2011 - 1
Medicago_sativa_ssp_sativa_ANelson_111026_11.jpg