Purple prairie clover, a native legume with anti-microbial characteristics, is one of many native plant species of interest to the reclamation and livestock industries. In 2013, nurseries were established to examine a number of characteristics including plant height, canopy diameter, seed yield, biomass, ADF, NDF, crude protein, total phosphorous, and calcium content of 6 different populations (AC Lamour, NCP368, NCP585, NCP 591, NCP 599, RF). For the nutritional characteristics ADF, NDF, crude protein, and Total P, the cultivar AC Larmour was the one population that was significantly greater. For the morphological characteristics, such as biomass, seed yield and plant height, AC Larmour had the highest output although not always statistically significant. All characteristics showed a great deal of variation within and without populations indicating potential for selection for specific characteristics.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.