Forage Soil Charts
These charts have been reproduced by permission from Michigan State University. Source: adapted from Miller (1984).
| Forage crops classified according to soil pH sensitivity | ||
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Very sensitive to acidity Optimum pH 6.5-7.0 |
Slight tolerance to acidity |
Moderate tol. to acidity |
| Alfalfa | Corn | Alsike clover |
| Barley | Crimson Clover | Bahiagrass |
| Smooth bromegrass | Dalligrass | Bermudagrass |
| Sweet clover | Kentucky bluegrass | Birdsfoot trefoil |
| Ladino clover | Lespedeza | |
| Orchardgrass | Meadow Fescue | |
| Red clover | Oats | |
| Rye grass | Pearl millet | |
| Timothy | Redtop | |
| Wheat | Reed canarygrass | |
| Rye | ||
| Soybeans | ||
| Sudangrass | ||
| Tall fescue | ||
| Vetch | ||
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Tolerance to soil limitations for several hay and silage forage species |
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| Crop | Seedling Vigor | Droughty | Wet |
Low pH (below 6.0) |
| Alfalfa | Moderate | High | Low | Low |
| Birdsfoot trefoil | Low | Moderate | High | High |
| Red Clover | High | Low | Moderate | Moderate |
| Sericea lespedeza | Low | High | Low | High |
| White Clover | Moderate | Low | High | Moderate |
| Bahiagrass | Low | High | Low | High |
| Bermudagrass | Moderate | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Orchardgrass | High | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Perennial ryegrass | High | Low | Moderate | Moderate |
| Reed Canarygrass | Low | High | High | High |
| Smooth bromegrass | High | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Tall Fescue | High | Moderate | Moderate | High |
| Timothy | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate |
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