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White Clover

Trifolium repens L.

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Trifolium repens (White Clover) is a species of perennial herb in the family Fabaceae. It has a self-supporting growth form. It is native to United States, Bulgaria, Iceland, Lebanon, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Syria, Kazakhstan, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Albania, Georgia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Romania, Switzerland, Italy, Cyprus, France, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Tajikistan, Finland, Pakistan, Morocco, Belgium, Moldova, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Iran, Turkey, Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Norway, the Netherlands, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Czech Republic, Afghanistan, and Greece. White Clover has compound, broad leaves and white flowers. Flowers are visited by small white. White Clover fixes nitrogen. It is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020043
Definition: A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000323
Definition: An achromatic color of maximum brightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/fixes
Definition: Captures an element from the air and incorporates it into its biochemistry

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25555

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.

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EOL has data for 91 attributes, including:

bloom period
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BloomPeriod
- Definition: The seasonal period in the U.S. during which the plant blooms the most. The bloom period is defined as the time when pollen is shed and stigmas are receptive.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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late spring
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lateSpring
- Definition: The late part of the season between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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New Jersey
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5101760
- Definition: State in USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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low temperature tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureTolerance
- Definition: The minimum tolerable temperature is the lowest temperature recorded in the plant’s historical range. If this is not available, the record low January temperature recorded at climate stations within the current geographical range of the plant is used. This definition does not apply to summer annuals.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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-62 degrees Fahrenheit
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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herbaceous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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precipitation tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrecipitationTolerance
- Definition: Minimum tolerable rainfall (in inches), expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Comment: Minimum precipitation tolerance: Minimum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. Maximum precipitation tolerance: Maximum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the annual average precipitation of the wettest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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70 inch
salt tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0006001
- Definition: Tolerance to the high salt content in the growth medium.
- Comment: In the USDA PLANTS database, tolerance to a soil salinity level is defined as only a slight reduction (not greater than 10%) in plant growth.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GR:pj]
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low tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002394
- Definition: decreased tolerance to: A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's decreased ability to endure a stimulus.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:LC]
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seed spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedSpreadRate
- Definition: The capability of the plant to spread through its seed production compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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slow
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000911
- Definition: Decreased rate. A rate which is relatively low.
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seedling survival
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedlingSurvival
- Definition: The expected seedling survival percentage of the plant compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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low
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54722
- Definition: A minimum level or position or degree; less than normal in degree, intensity or amount.
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seeds per pound
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPerPound
- Definition: The number of seeds per pound in an average seed lot.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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711867
shade tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ShadeTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to shade conditions
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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low tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002394
- Definition: decreased tolerance to: A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's decreased ability to endure a stimulus.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:LC]
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vegetative spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/VegetativeSpreadRate
- Definition: The rate at which this plant can spread compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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moderate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateRate
- Definition: Moderate rate. A rate which is neither relatively high nor low.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of white clover. View this species on GBIF

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white clover includes 8 children: