Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
Very fast broadleaf cover crop providing weed suppression, quick soil cover, and nectar for beneficial insects.
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Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
Annual nitrogen-fixing clover used for soil building, erosion protection, early bloom, and beneficial-insect forage.
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
Nitrogen-fixing clover used for soil building, forage, pollinators, and rotation cover.
White Clover
Trifolium repens
Low perennial clover used as living mulch, erosion cover, nitrogen fixer, and pollinator forage.