Running Buffalo Clover

Trifolium stoloniferum

Keystone

Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 53%

Soil moisture: Somewhat dry to average

Trifolium stoloniferum — flower photograph — USFWS Midwest Region from United States · CC BY 2.0 · Original photograph

Conservation-managed plant. Use a specialist conservation planting plan; not a routine garden suggestion. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

103CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Trifolium

Abaeis nicippeSleepy Orange, Sleepy Yellow, Erratic Orange
Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
Acrolophus arcanellaGrass Tubeworm Moth
Acrolophus plumifrontellaEastern Grass Tubeworm
Acrolophus popeanellaClemen's Grass Tubeworm
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm

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Agrotis venerabilisVenerable Dart, Dusky Cut-Worm
Anagrapha falciferaCelery Looper Moth
Anarta trifoliiThe Nutmeg, Clover Cutworm
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Anticarsia gemmatalisVelvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Apantesis phalerataHarnessed Moth
Apantesis phylliraPhyllira Tiger Moth
Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
Automeris ioIo Moth
Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
Caenurgina crassiusculaForage Looper Moth, Clover Looper, Range Grass Moth
Caenurgina erechteaClover Looper Moth, Common Grass Moth, Forage Looper
Cecropterus bathyllusSouthern Cloudywing
Cecropterus pyladesNorthern Cloudywing
Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
Choephora fungorumBent-Line Dart
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Choristoneura zapulataZapulata Moth
Coelostathma discopunctanaThe Batman Moth
Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
Cupido comyntasEastern Tailed-Blue
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Dasylophia anguinaBlack-Spotted Prominent
Echinargus isolaReakirt's Blue, Isola Blue
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euclidia cuspideaToothed Somberwing
Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia manifestaAdobe Dart, Obvious
Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Haematopis gratariaChickweed Geometer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Hemeroplanis scopulepesVariable Tropic
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Idaea furciferataNotch-Winged Wave
Idaea obfusariaRippled Wave
Idaea tacturataDot-Lined Wave
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
Lacinipolia explicataExplicit Groundcat, Explicit Arches
Lacinipolia loreaBridled Arches, Bridle Groundcat
Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
Lobocleta ossulariaDrab Brown Wave
Macrochilo litophoraAngulate Fan-Foot, Brown-Lined Owlet
Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Ochropleura implectaAmerican Flame-Shouldered Dart
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Phalaenostola larentioidesBlack-Banded Owlet, Black-Banded Phalaenostola
Phoebis sennaeCloudless Sulphur
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Protolampra brunneicollisBrown-Collared Dart
Pyrisitia lisaLittle Yellow, Little Sulphur, Lisa Yellow
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
Renia factiosalisSociable Renia, Undulate Renia, Dark-Banded Renia
Schinia jaguarinaJaguar Flower Moth
Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
Aproaerema palpilineella
Xenotemna pallorana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

36BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Trifolium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Trifolium

Calliopsis micheneri
Megachile melanophaea

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

24BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Trifolium

Ammospiza leconteiiLeConte's Sparrow
Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Branta canadensisCanada Goose
Calcarius pictusSmith's Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse

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Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Conservation status

Arkansas rank	SH
Global rank	Not available
AR status	Not verified
Federal status	Delisted (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

Conservation source Federal status source: US Fish and Wildlife Service

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