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lespedeza

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les·pe·de·za  (lsp-dz)
n.

[New Latin Lespedeza, genus name, after V.M. de Céspedez (misread as Léspedez; fl. 1785), Spanish governor of Florida.]
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Noun1.lespedeza - shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United Stateslespedeza - shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
genus Lespedeza - genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza bicolor - Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds
jap clover, japan clover, japanese clover, Lespedeza striata - an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
Korean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea - annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions
Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza sericea, sericea lespedeza - perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land
ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems


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3rd: As conditions permit, sow seeds for forages that will provide as close to year-round grazing as possible: tall fescue, ryegrass, wheat, oats and rape for early spring; Kentucky bluegrass and orchard grass for spring and fall; bromegrass and timothy for early summer; birdsfoot trefoil, bahiagrass, Bermuda grass, Sudan grass, crabgrass and lespedeza for mid to late summer.
A bag of weed control plus fertilizer from Lawn Care Pro Step 2 can kill off most broadleaf weeds, dandelions, horseweed, knotweed, bittercress, lippia (matchweed), bindweed, aster, black medic, button weed, carpetweed, red clover, bur clover, hop clover, bull thistle, chickweed, chicory, curly dock, castsear (coast dandelion), cinquefoil, filaree, primrose, lespedeza, fleabane, red sorrel, knotweed seedling, ragweed, English daisy and among others.
Using lots of fertilizer, the coal companies do manage to grow a ground cover called lespedeza on mining sites they say have been reclaimed.
 
 
 
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