Common names include cutleaf medick and tattered medick. Common names include snail medick and shield medick. Common names include coastal medick and sea medick. Common names include blackdisk medick, button clover, button medick, and round-fruited medick. Common names include moon trefoil, shrub medick, alfalfa arborea, and tree medick. Common names include California burclover, toothed bur clover, toothed medick and burr medic. Black medick is sometimes used as a fodder plant. Like other legumes, the roots of black medick contain nodules hosting nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Common names include shore medick, water medick, coastal medick, and strand medick. Black medick belongs to the same genus as alfalfa. Black medick is one of the flowers used to make honey. Black medick is found throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska.