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The sweet pea belongs to an order of plants known as legumes. The legumes are an economically important group of plants that have root nodules containing a bacterium that helps return nitrogen to the soil. Because of this characteristic, legumes such as the sweet pea are used to enrich nitrogen-poor soils. Other legumes include beans, peanuts, soybeans, and alfalfa.
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