is alfalfa hay a gymnosperm?

Alfalfa and Alfalfa hay are one and same plant material. It is not a Gymnosperm .

Alfalfa is a plant with the following description ====

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), also known as Lucerne, Purple Medic and Trefoil (from Spanish Alfalfa,) is a perennial flowering plant cultivated as an important forage crop. In the UK, where it is not all that widely grown, it tends to be known as lucerne.

Alfalfa is one of the most important legumes used in agriculture.

The classification is =

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Fabales

Family: Fabaceae

Subfamily: Faboideae

Tribe: Trifolieae

Genus: Medicago

Species: M. sativa

Binomial name =Medicago sativa

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Harvesting of Alfalfa ==

When alfalfa is to be used as hay, it is usually cut and baled.

Loose haystacks are still used in some areas,

but bales are much easier to transport and are easier to store. Ideally, the hay is cut just as the field is beginning to flower.

It is an angiospermic or flowering plant and a relative of Peas and beans ,

See Its flowers on the link below by clicking on it ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Megachile_1084....

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/images/alfalfafl....

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple...

See its bales on the link below ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alfalfa_round_b...

http://www.alfalfasoses.com/Imagenesviejas/paquete...

for more information ==

http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://ww...

No, alfalfa hay would be the dried biomass from an alfalfa plants, an angiosperm.