| GROWTH | HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS | Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers. | 115 | 36 | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| GROWTH | HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS | Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers. | 115 | 4 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| GROWTH | SPRING VIGOR | Visual estimate of amount of vegetative growth of biennial sweetclover three to four weeks after growth starts in the second year, coded 1-9. | 8 - (1 = GOOD, 9 = POOR) | 36 | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| GROWTH | PLANT GROWTH HABIT | Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants. | 6 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT) | 4 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| GROWTH | PLANT GROWTH HABIT | Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants. | 7 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT) | | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | FLOWER COLOR | FLOWER COLOR | Y - YELLOW | 115 | AMA.MEL.1992 | PI 420163 77ncpo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | FLOWER COLOR | FLOWER COLOR | Y - YELLOW | | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | FLOWER COLOR | FLOWER COLOR | Y - YELLOW | 4 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | PLANT SHAPE | The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325. | STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%) | 36 | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | PLANT SHAPE | The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325. | STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%) | 4 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | SEEDLING COLOR | The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field. | 100 | 115 | AMA.MEL.1992 | PI 420163 77ncpo01 SD | Not Available |
| OTHER | CORE SUBSET | A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset | Y - YES, THE ACCESSION IS PART OF THE CORE COLLECTION | | NC7.MELILOTUS | | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | DURATION | The length of time that the plants ordinarily live before flowering and death. The biennials require a cold treatment before flowering, while annuals do not. | UNK - percent that did not flower when expected, so unknown | | AMA.MEL.1992 | PI 420163 77ncpo01 SD | Not Available |
| PHENOLOGY | MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST | Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers. | 182 | 36 | AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST | Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers. | 202 | 4 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT | The weight in grams of 100 seeds. | .25 | | NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER | PI 420163 92ncai01 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT | The weight in grams of 100 seeds. | .28 | | NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER | PI 420163 77ncpo01 SD | Not Available |
| STRESS | STAND SURVIVAL 2ND YEAR | The percent of original plants established in the summer that resume growth in the spring of the second year, for biennials only. | 14.2857 | 42 | AMA.MEL.2011.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD | PI 420163 12ncax01 SD | Not Available |