White Clover 白三葉草

Species：　White Clover (Trifolium repens)

White Clover is one of the most widespread plants in Germany. It grows virtually everywhere. In addition, a Clover leaf, called a Shamrock, is the unofficial National Symbol of Ireland. It belongs to the legumes, which also include peas. Thus it is not very astounding, that clover seeds look much alike minute, golden brown peas.

白三葉草是德國最普遍可見的植物之一。他哪裡都可以長。此外，三葉草的葉子又被稱為酢醬草，是愛爾蘭的非官方國家象徵。他和豌豆一樣屬於豆科植物。所以這也不令人意外說白三葉草的種子看起來就像是小小的金棕色豌豆。

White Clover is one of the most widespread plants in Germany. It grows virtually everywhere. In addition, a Clover leaf, called a Shamrock, is the unofficial National Symbol of Ireland. It establishes a symbiosis with rhizobia- a kind of bacteria. They are fixing nitrogen from the air and store it. That makes clover an important plant for green manuring.

白三葉草是德國最普遍可見的植物之一。他哪裡都可以長。此外，三葉草的葉子又被稱為酢醬草，是愛爾蘭的非官方國家象徵。他與根瘤菌── 一種細菌──有個共生關係。他們能從空氣中擷取氮，並鎖在泥土裡。這也導致白三葉草成為綠化作用中很重要的植物。

White Clover is one of the most widespread plants in Germany. It grows virtually everywhere. In addition, a Clover leaf, called a Shamrock, is the unofficial National Symbol of Ireland. The white blossoms are an important and popular pasture for bees. A lot of insects visit the flowers, which are rich on nectar. But they can only be pollinated by bees and digger wasps.

白三葉草是德國最普遍可見的植物之一。他哪裡都可以長。此外，三葉草的葉子又被稱為酢醬草，是愛爾蘭的非官方國家象徵。白三葉草對蜜蜂來說是一種很重要且很受歡迎的牧場。因為富有花蜜，很多昆蟲都會被吸引過來。但只有蜜蜂跟土蜂能幫他授粉。