The taproot dies in the second growth season, being replaced by adventitious roots that are plentiful enough to maintain the plant. Flowers Flowers develop when daylight hours reach 14.25 hours per day. The small cultivars persist where heavy grazing, among other reasons, does not allow forage to grow tall. These cultivars are low yielding and are poor at nitrogen fixation, which is why they are rarely cultivated. These plants are also known as Ladino clover .
White clover grows mostly in temperate regions.
Most strains prefer a pH between 6 and 7 and some Canadian strains can tolerate a pH as low as 4.5. These nutrient values make white clover a nutritious feed to supplement a lower protein grass with all grazing species. However, it is a bloat causing species, which means that one must be careful not to overfeed it to ruminants. Sward height is also an important growth pattern to consider. It is crucial to maintain an optimal amount of forage to the grazers while keeping the height low enough so that tillers will be produced to maintain persistence and to allow proper photosynthesis.