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Species:

Medicago lupulina

Common Name(s):

black hop medic, black medic, hop clover, yellow trefoil

Habitats Impacted:

distubed/waste areas, forest/woodland, riparian/aquatic

Regions likely to be Impacted:

PH, NE, NW, SE, SW

Present in Neighboring States?

AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, TX

Currently known from Oklahoma?

Yes

Medicago lupulina

Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

More Images:

https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=6005

What you should know!

An aggressive agricultural weed and a seed contaminant. Introduced intentionally as a forage plant and unintentionally as a seed contaminant.

Management information

https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/consumer-broadleaf-weed-control-for-lawns-in-oklahoma.html

Dandelion Fields

Additional Online Resources for:

Medicago lupulina

Species Overview

https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=6005

Distribution Map

https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=6005

iNaturalist Records in Oklahoma

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=12&subview=map&taxon_id=57056

iNaturalist Records in North America

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=97394&subview=map&taxon_id=57056

Herbarium Records

https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/collections/list.php?taxa=Medicago+lupulina&usethes=1&taxontype=2

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