Hedysarum boreale - Sweet vetch

Sweetvetch is a perennial herb with pink or purple flowers. It is used for soil stabilization and as a forage plant for livestock. The plant is also valued for its nitrogen-fixing properties and ability to improve soil fertility.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹

Outputs

• Fodder¹
• Deer forage¹

Type

• Plant
• Herb¹
• Perennial

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Soil stabilization¹
• Attracting bees¹

Footnotes

1. Hedysarum boreale | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩