| WATER CLOVER, Large-foot pepperwort Marsilea macropoda - Marsileaceae,
Pepperwort Family DESCRIPTION: Evergreen, herbaceous perennial ground cover
Height: To 8 inches
Flowers: None
Fruit: None
Foliage: A soft gray-green, four-leaf-clover
shaped leaf , 1 inch wide
Growth rate: Fast
REQUIREMENTS:
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Sandy or clay soils
Drainage: Good to poor
Water: Wet to dry
Maintenance: Medium: can grow out of bounds
easily
Propagation: Root division
NATIVE HABITAT: Swamps, marshes, woodland, bogs,
roadsides, resaca banks, ponds, and
drainage ditches
WILDLIFE USE: Browse for deer, javelina, and feral
pigs. Bobwhite quail eat leaves.
COMMENTS: Water clover adapts well to dry
land but looks best in moist or wet
areas. It's an aggressive spreader,
so place it where you can control
its growth. Perfect for enclosed
beds, where a tough evergreen
ground cover is needed. Only
during extreme cold or drought will
the foliage dry up and disappear;
but when it warms up, and the
rains resume, it springs back. |

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