| Acacia augustissima (Mill.) Ktze. | prairie acacia |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis DC. | alyceclover |
| Amorpha L. | amorpha |
| canescens Pursh | leadplant |
| fruticosa L. | indigobush a. |
| Amphicarpa bracteata (L.) Fern. | southern hogpeanut |
| Anthyllis vulnerania L. | kidneyvetch |
| Apios americana Medic. | American potatobean |
| Arachis hypogaea L. | peanut |
| Astragalus L. | milkvetch: species not poisonous |
| loco: species causing locoism |
| poisonvetch: species causing poisoning other than locoism |
| canadensis L. | Canada m. |
| caryocarpus Ker (A. crassicarpus Nutt.) | groundplum m. |
| cicer L. | cicer m. |
| gracilis Nutt. | slender m. |
| lotiflorus Hook. | lotus m. |
| missouriensis Nutt. | Missouri m. |
| mollissimus Torr. | woolly l. |
| pectinatus (Hook.) Dougl. | narrowleaf p. |
| plattensis Nutt. | Nebraska m. |
| racemosus Pursh | creamy p. |
| rubyi Greene & Morris | ruby m. |
| spatulatus Sheld. (A. caespitosus Gray; Homalobus caespitosus Nutt.) | tufted m. |
| Baptisia Vent. | wildindigo |
| leucantha T. & G. | Atlantic w. |
| leucophaea Nutt. | plains w. |
| minor Lehm. | blue w. |
| Cajanus cajan Millsp. (C. indicus Spreng.) | pigeonpea |
| Caragana arborescens Lam. | Siberian peashrub |
| Cassia L. | senna; partridgepea |
| fasciculata Michx. (Chamaecrista f. B. & B., including C. rostrata Woot. & Standl.) | showy p. |
| marilandica L. | wild s. |
| nictitans L. | sensitive p. |
| Cercis canadensis L. | eastern redbud |
| Cicer arientinum L. | chickpea |
| Coronilla varia L. | crownvetch |
| Crotalaria L. | crotalaria |
| incana L. | shackshack c.[39] |
| juncea L. | sunn c. |
| mucronata Desv. | striped c. |
| sagittalis L. | arrow c. |
| spectabilis Roth | showy c. |
| Cytisus L. | broom |
| Dalea[40] Juss. | dalea |
| alopecuroides Willd. [D. leporina (Alt.) Kearney & Peebles] | foxtail d. |
| aurea Nutt. | silktop d. |
| enneandra Nutt. | nineanther d. |
| jamesii (Torr.) T. & G. | james d. |
| lanata Spreng. | woolly d. |
| nana Torr. | dwarf d. |
| Desmanthus Willd. | bundleflower |
| illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. | Illinois b. |
| leptolobus T. & G. | slenderlobed b. |
| Desmodium Desv. | tickclover |
| canadense (L.) DC. | Canada t. |
| canescens (L.) DC. | hoary t. |
| cuspidatum (Muhl.) Loud. [D. bracteosum (Michx.) DC.] | longleaf t. |
| glutinosum (Muhl.) Wood [D. acuminatum (Michx.) DC.] | largeflower t. |
| illinoense Gray | Illinois t. |
| paniculatum (L.) DC. | panicled t. |
| sessilifolium (Torr.) T. & G. | sessile t. |
| tortuosum DC. (D. purpureum Fawcett & Rendle) | tall t. |
| Dolichos lablab L. | hyacinthbean |
| Gleditsia triacanthos L. | honeylocust |
| Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) Harper | bagpod |
| Glycine max (L.) Merr. | soybean |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nutt.) Pursh | American licorice |
| Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K. Koch | Kentucky coffeetree |
| Hedysarum coronarium L. | sulla |
| Hoffmanseggia jamesii T. & G. | rushpea |
| Homalobus (see Astragalus) |
| Indigofera L. | indigo |
| hirsuta L. | hairy i. |
| leptosepala Nutt. | western i. |
| Lathyrus L. | peavine |
| hirsutus L. | rough p. |
| latifolius L. | perennial p. |
| odoratus L. | sweetpea |
| polymorphous Nutt. [including L. incanus (Sm. & Rydb.) Rydb. and L. stipulaceous (Pursh) Butters & St. John] | hoary p. |
| pusillus Ell. | low p. |
| sativus L. | grass p. |
| sylvestris L. | flat p. |
| tingitanus L. | tangierpea |
| venosus Muhl. | veiny p. |
| Lens culinaris Medic. (L. esculenta Moench) | lentil |
| Lespedeza Michx. | lespedeza |
| bicolor Turcz. | shrub l. |
| capitata Michx. | roundhead l. |
| cuneata (Dumont) G. Don | sericea l. |
| cyrtobotrya Miq. | bush l. |
| daurica (Laxm.) Schindl. var. schimadae (Masam.) Masam. & Hosok | prostrate-daurican l. |
| hedysaroides (Pall.) Kitagawa | rush l. |
| hirta (L.) Hornem. | hairy l. |
| intermedia (S. Wats.) Britt. | wand l. |
| japonica Bailey | Japan l. |
| latissima Nakai | decumbent l. |
| manniana Mackenz. & Bush | mann l. |
| nuttallii Darl. | nuttall l. |
| procumbens Michx. | trailing l. |
| repens (L.) Bart. | creeping l. |
| stipulacea Maxim. | Korean l. |
| striata (Thunb.) H. & A. | common l. |
| stuevei Nutt. | stuves l. |
| violacea (L.) Pers. (L. prairea Britt.) | violet l. |
| virginica (L.) Britt. | slender l. |
| Lotus L. | deervetch (native American spp.); trefoil |
| americanus (Nutt.) Bisch. | American d. |
| corniculatus L. | birdsfoot t. |
| tenuis Waldst. & Dit. ex. Willd. | narrowleaf b.t. |
| uliginosus Schkuhr (L. major Sm.; L. villosus Willd.) | big t. |
| Lupinus L. | lupine |
| albus L. | white l. |
| angustifolius L. | blue l. |
| luteus L. | yellow l. |
| plattensis S. Wats. | Nebraska l. |
| pusillus Pursh | low l. |
| subcarnosus Hook. | Texas l. |
| Medicago L. | medic; burclover; alfalfa |
| arabica (L.) Huds. | spotted b. |
| arborea L. | tree m. |
| ciliaris Bald. ex DC. | fringed m. |
| falcata L. | yellow a. |
| hispida Gaertn. | California b. |
| lupulina L. | black m. |
| minima (L.) Desr. | little b. |
| orbicularis All. | button m. |
| rigidula Desr. | Tifton b. |
| sativa L. | alfalfa |
| scutellata Mill. | snail m. |
| tuberculata Willd. | tuberculous m. |
| Melilotus Mill. | sweetclover |
| alba Desr. | white s. |
| dentata Pers. | banat s. |
| indica (L.) All. | annual yellow s. |
| officinalis (L.) Lam. | yellow s. |
| suaveolens Ledeb. | daghestan s. |
| Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop. | common sainfoin |
| Ornithopus sativus Brot. | serradella |
| Oxytropis lambertii Pursh | lambert crazyweed[41] |
| Petalostemum[42] Michx. | prairieclover |
| candidum (Willd.) Michx. | white p. |
| compactum (Spreng.) Swezey | compact p. |
| multiflorum Nutt. | roundheaded p. |
| occidentale (Gray) Fern. | western p. |
| porterianum Small | porter p. |
| purpureum (Vent.) Rydb. | purple p. |
| tenuifolium Gray | slimleaf p. |
| villosum Nutt. | silky p. |
| Phaseolus L. | bean |
| aconitifolius Jacq. | moth b. |
| acutifolius Gray | Texas b. |
| angularis Wight | adsuki b. |
| aureus Roxb. | mung b. |
| calcaratus Roxb. | rice b. |
| coccineus L. (P. multiflorus Lam.) | runner b. |
| lunatus L. (including var. macrocarpus Benth.) | lima b. |
| vulgaris L. | common b. |
| Pisum L. | pea |
| arvense (L.) Poir. | field p. |
| sativum L. | garden p. |
| Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC. (P. chilensis of manuals; including P. glandulosa Torr. and P. velutina Woot.) | mesquite |
| Psoralea L. | scurfpea |
| argophylla Pursh | silverleaf s. |
| cuspidata Pursh | tallbread s. |
| digitata Nutt. | palmleaf s. |
| osculenta Pursh | common breadroot s. |
| hypogaea Nutt. | little breadroot s. |
| lanceolata Pursh | lemon s. |
| linearifolia T. & G. | slimleaf s. |
| psoralioides (Walt.) Cory | bobsroot s. |
| tenuiflora Pursh | slimflower s. |
| var. floribunda (Nutt.) Rydb. | manyflower s. |
| Pueraria DC. | kudzu |
| lobata (Willd.) Ohwi [P. thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth.] | thunberg k. |
| phaseoloides Benth. | tropical k. |
| Robinia L. | locust |
| pseudo-acacia L. | black l. |
| viscosa Vent. | clammy l. |
| Schrankia nuttallii (DC.) Standl. (S. uncinata of manuals, not Willd.) | catclaw sensitivebriar |
| Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory | sesbania |
| Sophora sericea Nutt. | silky sophora |
| Stizolobium deeringianum Bort. | velvetbean |
| Strophostyles Ell. | wildbean |
| helvola (L.) Ell. | trailing w. |
| leiosperma (T. & G.) Piper | smoothseed w. |
| Stylosanthes biflora (L.) BSP. | pencilflower |
| Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. [including T. leucosericea (Rydb.) Cory] | Virginia tephrosia |
| Thermopsis rhombifolia Nutt. ex Rich. | prairie thermopsis |
| Trifolium L. | clover |
| agrarium L. | hop c. |
| alexandrinum L. | berseem |
| ambiguum Bieb. | kura c. |
| arvense L. | rabbitfoot c. |
| campestre Schreb. | plains c. |
| carolinianum Michx. | Carolina c. |
| dubium Sibth. | small hop c. |
| fragiferum L. | strawberry c. |
| glomeratum L. | cluster c. |
| hirtum All. | rose c. |
| hybridum L. | alsike c. |
| incarnatum L. | crimson c. |
| lappaceum L. | lappa c. |
| medium L. | zigzag c. |
| nigrescens Viv. | ball c. |
| pratense L. | red c. |
| procumbens L. | large hop c. |
| reflexum L. | buffalo c. |
| repens L. | white c. |
| resupinatum L. | Persian c. |
| stoloniferum Eat. | stoloniferous c. |
| striatum L. | knotted c. |
| subterraneum L. | subterranean c. |
| Trigonella L. | trigonella |
| foenum-graecum L. | fenugreek |
| Vicia L. | vetch |
| americana Muhl. | American v. |
| angustifolia Reichard | narrowleaf v. |
| articulata Hornem. | oneflower v. |
| benghalensis L. (V. atropurpurea Desf.) | purple v. |
| caroliniana Walt. | Carolina v. |
| cracca L. | bird v. |
| dasycarpa Ten. | woollypod v. |
| ervilia Willd. | bitter v. |
| faba L. | broadbean |
| var. equina Pers. (V. faba L. subsp. major Alef.) | horsebean |
| grandiflora Scop. | bigflower v. |
| ludoviciana Nutt. | Louisiana v. |
| monantha (L.) Desf. | oneflower v. |
| pannonica Crantz. | Hungarian v. |
| sativa L. | common v. |
| sparsifolia Nutt. | stiffleaf v. |
| trifida Dietr. | clubleaf v. |
| villosa Roth | hairy v. |
| Vigna Savi | cowpea |
| sesquipedalis Fruwirth | yardlong c. |
| sinensis (L.) Endl. | cowpea |
| Wisteria macrostachya Nutt. | wisteria |