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n. - Shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States.

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  • Thusly, I say that despite the knowledge of how the lespedeza is a great nitrogen fixer, one would assume that its leaves could be toxic; but in reality its leaves are...
  • After the coal seam is mined, the coal operator may move on to reclamation, perhaps by planting lespedeza sericea, a hardy imported ground cover.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium lespedeza species lettuce lettuce disease
  • Hairy lespedeza can be pollinated by insects of varying species.
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