Warm Season Legume
Cowpeas
• Upright and spreading plant (vine)
• Low water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Flowers attract pollinators
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Guar
• Very good heat tolerance and drought tolerance
• 90-120 day maturity
• Good salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Laredo Soybeans
• Upright and spreading plant
• Medium water use
• Black seeded, pure forage soybean
• Self pollinated, but flowers may attract pollinators
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
Mungbeans
• Upright and spreading plant (vine)
• Low to medium water use
• Poor salinity tolerance
• Forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations
• Self pollinated
Subterranean Clover
• Reseeding cool season annual
• Excellent weed and erosion suppressor
• Prostrate very dense plant growth
• Forms seed pods at, or below ground level
Sunn Hemp
• Upright plant
• Tolerates poor, sandy, droughty soils and requires good drainage
• Has a strong taproot with many well-developed lateral roots
• Very good nitrogen producer
• Can produce 6-7 tons dry matter per acre