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Alyceclover for deer food plots

By Matt Tarr, Whitetail Stewards, Inc.

Alyceclover (Alysicarpus vaginalis)

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Alyceclover is not a true clover.  It is a warm-season annual legume that provides deer with a high-quality forage in mid-summer to early-fall.  Protein content of alyceclover averages about 15%.  One of the benefits of alyceclover is that it will tolerate heavy grazing so it can be grown in small acreage food plots. Don't confuse alyceclover with Alice white clover, which is a variety of the cool-season perennial white clover; they are different, unrelated forages.         

Alyceclover site requirements

Alyceclover grows best on well drained to moderately well-drained soils with pH between 6.2 and 7.0.

Plant alyceclover with other forages

Alyceclover is usually planted in combination with other warm-season annual forages.  Because it will tolerate heavy grazing it is often mixed with forages such as cowpeas or soybeans that can be easily overgrazed.  The following are suggested forage mixtures that include alyceclover:

  • alyceclover, cowpeas and American jointvetch
  • alyceclover, soybeans and American jointvetch
  • alyceclover, Austrian winter peas, ladino clover, and American jointvetch.    

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