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http://www.opioids.com/misc/red-clover.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.142.80 (talk) 06:43, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clover DOES NOT fix nitrogen.

I removed the little part at the beginning about clover fixing nitrogen. Plants in Fabaceae, the legume family, have a symbiotic association called mycorrhiza, with a type of bacteria called Rhizobia, which fixes nitrogen. So the plant contributes to nitrogen fixation by harboring something that does fix nitrogen, but it does not, itself, fix nitrogen. If some one disagrees please site proof of nitrogen fixation by clover.Wgfcrafty (talk) 11:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Has "clover sickness" been cured since 1911? Ortolan88

I think the bird's foot trefoil image is misplaced. If I'm looking at the same species it is Lotus corniculatus not a Trifolium. Can anyone confirm? -- sannse (talk) 18:58, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I've removed the image for now (with an incomplete edit summary - sorry) -- sannse (talk) 19:10, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I removed the following cut&paste from http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/1/4/0/11407/11407-h/11407-h.htm I assume this is no longer applicable to modern agriculture.

One of the most recent of useful discoveries in agriculture is to mix layers of green or new cut clover with layers of straw in ricks or stacks; thus the strength of the clover is absorbed by the straw, which, thus impregnated, both horses and cattle eat greedily, and the clover is dried and prevented from heating. This practice is particularly calculated for second crops of clover and rye-grass.

-- Samw 00:03, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, whoever moved it over from the 1911 EB should have been a bit more conservative. --DanielCD 15:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(sorry for this messy post) look the four-leaf clover page, to see that the old 18-leaf clover record has been improved (in about 2007 or 2008) to 21-leaf. By anonymous. 29 05 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.100.217.248 (talk) 19:37, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hop-clover

There is an article at Hop-clover that might be redirected here. --DanielCD 15:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bias

This page has a very obvious British bias (because it was taken from Encyclopædia Britannica) and needs to talk more about clovers in other parts of the world. The way this article is written, it almost seems as if clovers are found only in the British Isles. SCHZMO ✍ 15:16, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. With it being EB stuff a lot is also very dated; I'll try and go over it and junk the worst, and split off some of the rest into individual species articles, over the next few days - MPF 00:12, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Muir Woods Plants

The plants in the Muir Woods picture look a lot like Oxalis. Does anyone know which species of Trifolium they are supposed to be? --Tjunier 12:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muir Woods Picture

That is a picture of Oxalis oregana(redwood sorrel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_sorrel

I am new and not sure if I should take it down or how this works.

Cloverfield

According to a site about the movie Cloverfield, it was named so because after dropping a bomb, clovers usually grow in the area. Truth or not? If not, should this be in the superstitions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.240.3 (talk) 17:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You would probably also get fire ants (if they're living in the area). Certain species grow in disturbed (i.e. construction sites, blast sites) areas better than others. I think the quote itself, if it comes from a good enough source, might be noteworthy on the Cloverfield page, referring to the reason for the title (or myths about the title; I'm not really familiar with the movie or its hype), but here I don't think it's important to note unless there was a significant study done to that effect (you know: soil conditions about bomb blasts and their suitability for certain plant species, ecological impact analysis, etc.). Interesting thought, though. Garnet avi (talk) 00:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

opium

just removed the part talking about opium. it doesn't contain opium in itself it just has pharmacologically similar proteins http://www.clover.co.za/content/493/a-pharmacy-in-the-supermarket/

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 ==Clover <big>DOES NOT fix</big> nitrogen.==
-I removed the little part at the beginning about clover fixing nitrogen. Plants in Fabaceae, the legume family, have a symbiotic association called [[mycorrhiza]], with a type of bacteria called [[Rhizobia]], which fixes nitrogen. So the plant <big>contributes</big> to nitrogen fixation  by harboring something that does fix nitrogen, but it does not, itself, fix nitrogen. If some one disagrees please site proof of nitrogen fixation by clover.[[User:Wgfcrafty|Wgfcrafty]] ([[User talk:Wgfcrafty|talk]]) 11:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
+I removed the little part at the beginning about clover fixing <big>nitrogen</big>. Plants in Fabaceae, the legume family, have a symbiotic association called [[mycorrhiza]], with a type of bacteria called [[Rhizobia]], which fixes nitrogen. So the plant <big>contributes</big> to nitrogen fixation  by harboring something that does fix nitrogen, but it does not, itself, fix nitrogen. If some one disagrees please site proof of nitrogen fixation by clover.[[User:Wgfcrafty|Wgfcrafty]] ([[User talk:Wgfcrafty|talk]]) 11:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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