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	AGR-86: Growing Lespedeza in Kentucky
		Annual and perennial lespedezas are grown in Kentucky for pasture, hay, and soil stabilization.
		Lespedeza is usually established as a pure stand (by seeding into a small grain stubble) or as a companion legume with cool season grasses.
		Lespedeza plants which have been grazed during summer are more prostrate in the fall and bear seed closer to the ground than ungrazed plants or lespedeza harvested for hay.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/agr/agr86/agr86.htm (1772 words)

	Cutting-Edge Agri-Products
		Legend lespedeza is likely to be used most effectively as a companion legume providing high quality (protein, energy, and minerals) feed in cool-season grass pastures during summer months when it’s needed most.
		Lespedeza has been on the ‘come-back’ in recent years, especially with the development of new types and varieties.
		Legend lespedeza is an acid tolerant, drought resistant legume that has the ability to grow on very thin, low pH soils.
	cutting-edgeproducts.com /legend.html (741 words)

	Sericea Lespedeza [Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) Don]
		Sericea lespedeza is a native of eastern Asia.
		Sericea lespedeza grows in woodlands, thickets, fields, prairies, disturbed open ground, borders of ponds and swamps, meadows, and especially along roadsides.
		Sericea lespedeza produces growth in the spring (mid to late April) from root crown buds at the base of last year's stems.
	www.mdc.mo.gov /nathis/exotic/vegman/twentytw.htm (1014 words)

	ESPN.com - Kobe Lespedeza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Korean lespedeza, of which there are several varieties, matures seed in early fall and is best suited for the upper South and lower Midwest.
		Kobe lespedeza (an improved variety of striate or common) is more disease resistant, persists longer in autumn, and has been the preferred annual lespedeza in the South.
		Lespedezas are slow starters but produce abundant forage from May to October (Kobe and Marion) and June to October (Korean).
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2465270&type=story (589 words)

	G4515 Annual Lespedeza, MU Extension
		Lespedeza was used extensively in new seedings of orchardgrass or tall fescue in the late 1940s and 1950s.
		Lespedeza has proven to be competitive with cool-season grass seedlings when spring seedings are made late or when soil moisture is limited.
		Be prepared to mow or lightly graze the lespedeza in summer to ensure that the seedling grass plants survive.
	extension.missouri.edu /explore/agguides/crops/g04515.htm (2729 words)

	Species: Lespedeza cuneata
		Sericea lespedeza is declared a noxious weed in Kansas [79].
		Sericea lespedeza is native to eastern and central Asia [3,21,37,84,85].
		Sericea lespedeza is a nonnative, warm-season, perennial forb [3,10,21,30,57,71,84,85].
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/forb/lescun/all.html (10234 words)

	G4515 Annual Lespedeza, MU Extension
		Lespedeza was used extensively in new seedings of orchardgrass or tall fescue in the late 1940s and 1950s.
		Lespedeza has proven to be competitive with cool-season grass seedlings when spring seedings are made late or when soil moisture is limited.
		Be prepared to mow or lightly graze the lespedeza in summer to ensure that the seedling grass plants survive.
	muextension.missouri.edu /explore/agguides/crops/g04515.htm (2729 words)

	Wildlifeseeds.com - Game conservation and management.
		Lespedeza is often used for hay and forage and soil improvements.
		Kobe Striate Lespedeza: is grown in the southeast for hay crops and wildlife food plots..
		Sericea Lespedeza is the lesser of the lespedezas and is used in naturalization plantings and grows well in the southeast and can be planted from seed.
	www.wildlifeseeds.com /info/lespedeza.html (450 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Kansas - Sericea Lespedeza
		Sericea lespedeza, a statewide noxious weed, may well be the #1 threat to the biological integrity of the tallgrass prairie region of Kansas.
		Sericea lespedeza was originally introduced into the United States in 1896 for use as forage for livestock and as an erosion control plant.
		While sericea lespedeza remains an important forage crop in several southeastern states, it is an invasive weed in the tallgrass prairie.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/kansas/science/art6836.html (238 words)

	Chapter 3: Clover and Some Relatives
		Lespedeza is a crop of major importance in southeastern United States.
		Lespedeza is grown for hay and pasture, soil improvement, erosion control, seed, and its benefit to wildlife (game birds and deer).
		The lespedezas are recognized by the small trifoliate leaves, l/4 to l/2 inch long, the individual flowers, and the one-seeded jointless pods.
	gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov /book/chap3/lespedeza.html (1549 words)

	Annual Lespedeza
		Annual lespedeza has naturalized over a substantial portion of its range and is common in many pastures, especially where little or no N fertilizer is applied.
		Annual lespedezas are grown in a wide belt extending from eastern Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas into southern Iowa and eastward to the Atlantic Coast.
		Lespedeza is also a favorable host for the soybean cyst nematode, tobacco stunt nematode, and sting nematode.
	forage.okstate.edu /text/annlespedeza.htm (1292 words)

	Chinese Lespedeza
		The Chinese lespedeza is a perennial herbaceous plant.
		The Chinese lespedeza’s stem is often gray green with lines of hair along the stem.
		The leaves of the Chinese lespedeza are numerous and have three individual leaves.
	library.thinkquest.org /03oct/00240/chinese_lespedza.htm (318 words)

	WeedAlert.com Weed Listing (Common Lespedeza)
		The flowers of common lespedeza are pink to purple and are found in the leaf axils.
		Lespedeza is commonly found on soils with low fertility.
		Common lespedeza is found in the southern United States, north to New Jersey and west to Texas and Kansas.
	www.weedalert.com /weed_pages/wa_common_lespedeza.htm (114 words)

	Shawnee County Noxious Weed Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sericea Lespedeza is a very aggressive, drought hardy perennial, introduced a forage crop in the Southeastern United States.
		Lespedeza has small, white, purple tinged flowers that bloom in late summer and produce large amounts of seed.
		Sericea Lespedeza is spread and proliferates mainly by using rangeland for double stocking cattle or winter pasture, late native hay harvesting or wildlife habitat.
	www.co.shawnee.ks.us /NW/lespedeza.shtm (781 words)

	Sericea Lespedeza: History, Characteristics and Identification, Missouri Department of Conservation
		Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), or Chinese bush clover, is an introduced perennial legume native to eastern Asia (Figure 1).
		Sericea lespedeza's ability to thrive under a variety of conditions and its tendency to crowd out more palatable forages are among the reasons it has been declared a noxious weed in Kansas and may be considered as a noxious weed in Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
		Sericea lespedeza is adapted to climatic conditions extending from Florida to Texas, north to Nebraska, and east to the Atlantic Coast, through the states of Michigan and New York (Figure 2).
	mdc.mo.gov /landown/grass/sericea (2655 words)

	PCA Alien Plant Working Group - Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
		Chinese lespedeza, sometimes called sericea lespedeza, is primarily a threat to open areas such as meadows, prairies, open woodlands, wetland borders and fields.
		Widespread use of lespedeza by federal and state agencies for bank stabilization, soil improvement, wildlife and forage and cover, and hay facilitated its spread throughout the eastern United States.
		A study on natural populations found that several species of Lespedeza comprise 1.5% to 86.8% of the annual diet of bobwhite quail in the southeastern U.S. Autumn dispersal is aided by the haying of infested fields.
	www.nps.gov /plants/alien/fact/lecu1.htm (960 words)

	Annual Lespedezas: Culture and Use - Page 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The annual lespedezas grow slowly in the spring, but during the summer they cover and protect the soil, and the stubble and debris help to prevent erosion during the winter.
		Continuous cropping to lespedeza reduces phosphorus in the soil, and the addition of phosphorus as a fertilizer is necessary to insure good yields.
		After the lespedeza has been grazed or cut for seed, the field should be well disked and sown to winter grain with a drill.
	www.caf.wvu.edu /~forage/library/lespedeza/page11.htm (482 words)

	Cutting-Edge Agri-Products
		Legend lespedeza is likely to be used most effectively as a companion legume providing high quality (protein, energy, and minerals) feed in cool-season grass pastures during summer months when it’s needed most.
		Lespedeza has been on the ‘come-back’ in recent years, especially with the development of new types and varieties.
		Legend lespedeza is an acid tolerant, drought resistant legume that has the ability to grow on very thin, low pH soils.
	www.cutting-edgeproducts.com /legend.html (741 words)

	Striate lespedeza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although some 140 species of lespedeza have been described, mostly native to Eastern Asia, only 3 are of importance in American agriculture.
		Striate lespedeza is an annual of which one variety, common, was established in Georgia by 1850.
		Striate lespedezas are palatable and nutritious both as pasture and hay.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/Crops/Striate_lespedeza.html (143 words)

	PLANTS Profile for Lespedeza bicolor (shrub lespedeza) \| USDA PLANTS
		PLANTS Profile for Lespedeza bicolor (shrub lespedeza)
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		Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Lespedeza thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
	plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=LEBI2 (313 words)

	lespedeza. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		) or bush clover, any plant of the genus Lespedeza, leguminous herbs or undershrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family); native to North America, Asia, and Australia.
		Lespedezas are valuable for hay and pasturage and, in conservation, for game cover and erosion control.
		Lespedeza is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/le/lespedez.html (148 words)

	Lespedeza thunbergii 'Pink Fountain' - Perennials Forum - GardenWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I really like the Lespedezas, but the regular size ones can get very large--even 'Spring Grove' which is smaller than older cultivars--with a spread of 6-8 feet or more.
		I cut Lespedeza to the 6-8" in early spring and it's not interfering with buddleia bloom and growth.
		Lespedeza easily roots from spring cuttings (the same way as caryopteris or buddleia), but you have to wait untill buds start swelling, otherwise those cuttings will be not good for propagation.
	forums2.gardenweb.com /forums/load/peren/msg0811495320560.html (1393 words)

	Lespedeza bicolor
		On the Alabama Piedmont, the seeds of bicolor lespedeza comprised nearly 34.1 percent of the total food volume consumed by northern bobwhite [26].
		When planting bicolor lespedeza for wildlife food, direct seeding in the field is more successful than transplanting seedlings [29].
		Bicolor lespedeza densities generally remain high in areas with a disturbance regime of 4 years [5,26].
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/shrub/lesbic/all.html (1767 words)

	You'll Like This Lespedeza
		It was developed using breeding techniques similar to those used in the development of grazing-tolerant alfalfa varieties.
		Tannins, compounds that naturally occur in sericea lespedeza and some other forage plants, reduce the intake and digestibility of fresh forage.
		Sericea lespedeza is normally planted at 20-30 lbs/acre in mid-spring.
	hayandforage.com /mag/farming_youll_lespedeza/index.html (541 words)

	issg Database: Ecology of Lespedeza cuneata
		Lespedeza cuneata is a long-lived perennial that grows well in grasslands, pastures, along roadsides, drainage areas, fencerows, and in other disturbed areas.
		It is often found as a weed in cultivated areas, fallow and abandoned fields, meadows, and marshes.
		Stevens (2002) cites that it is planted for erosion control and soil conservation on roadways, waterways and outlets, dams, field borders, strip mine spoils, and other places that are easily eroded.
	www.issg.org /database/species/ecology.asp?si=270 (2127 words)

	Sericea Lespedeza
		A perennial with erect stems that may reach 5 feet in height.
		Sericea lespedeza is often a weed of pastures, hay fields, roadsides, and abandoned fields.
		The alternately arranged leaves that are divided into 3 smaller leaflets and erect stems with stiff hairs are all characteristics that help in the identification of sericea lespedeza.
	www.ppws.vt.edu /scott/weed_id/lescu.htm (155 words)

	lespedeza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lespedeza is a non-native species that will invade a variety of habitats, however it is intolerant to shade.
		It is a native of Asia and was introduced as a soil stabilizer and wildlife food and cover crop and spread through hay production.
		Fast Fact: Lespedeza's high tannin content makes it unpalatable to native wildlife and livestock.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/easternshore/Biology/Plant%20Fact%20Sheets/lespedeza.htm (56 words)

	KDA Plant Protection Division - Sericea Lespedeza Control Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sericea Lespedeza Disaster Declarations The 2002 Kansas Legislature modified the noxious weed law to allow the Kansas secretary of agriculture to declare counties sericea lespedeza disaster areas, which makes public and private landowners eligible for federal funding to battle this damaging noxious weed.
		Persons planting mixtures of seeds for erosion control and for wildlife habitat should ensure sericea lespedeza is not included in the mix.
		There are no biological controls approved for sericea lespedeza at this time.
	www.accesskansas.org /kda/Plantpest/PestManagement/plant-pestmanagement-sericea.htm (367 words)

	Lespedeza thunbergii 'White Fountain'
		Some gardeners simply prune plants to the ground in late winter each year.
		Lespedeza thunbergii is a deciduous shrub with an arching, fountain-like habit.
		When cut to the ground in late winter to early spring, it responds by producing rapid growth to 6’ tall and to 12’ wide during the following growing season.
	www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=C704 (172 words)

	Lespedeza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lespedezas are of major importance for pasture and, to a lesser extent, for hay production in the southeastern quarter of the U.S. Average seed production, 1966-67, was about 46 million pounds - sufficient to seed 2 million acres.
		Since pastures are generally self reseeding, acreage in lespedeza is probably near 40 million.
		The species grown in the U.S. are Sericea lespedeza, Korean lespedeza, and Striate lespedeza
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/Crops/Lespedeza.html (66 words)

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