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Extension Extra #8057, October 1989 (708 words) |
 | Cicer milkvetch (Astragalus cicer L.), a legume native from the Causcasus Mountains in Asia across southern Europe to Spain, was introduced into the United States in the 1920'and It's used for grazing, hay, and soil conservation in the northern and central Rocky Mountain Region of the United States and western Canada. |
| Cicer milkvetch is a long-lived perennial that spreads by rhizomes. |
| Cicer milkvetch is well-suited for grazing because it's non-bloating and it's strongly rhizomatous. |
| Cicer Milkvetch (244 words) |
| Cicer milkvetch is a long-lived warm-season perennial legume that spreads by means of rhizomes. |
| Cicer milkvetch is adapted to a wide range of soil types including slightly acid soils to moderately alkaline soils. |
| Cicer milkvetch does not cause bloat in livestock, but ruminants grazing pure stands of the plant have experienced photosensitization. |
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