American vetch
(Vicia americana)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
not yet assessed |
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NatureServe |
N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked |
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Minnesota |
not listed |
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| Wetland Indicator Status |
Great Plains |
FACU - Facultative upland | |||||
Midwest |
FACU - Facultative upland |
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Northcentral & Northeast |
FACU - Facultative upland |
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| Identification | See Subordinate Taxa (below) for identifying information. |
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| Distribution |  |
Sources: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 28. | |||||
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| Taxonomy | Family: |
Fabaceae (pea) |
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Subfamily: |
Faboideae (Papilionoideae) |
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Tribe: |
Fabeae |
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Genus: |
Vicia |
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Subgenus: |
Vicilla |
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Section: |
Americanae |
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| Subordinate Taxa | American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) Mexican vetch (Vicia americana ssp. mexicana) mat vetch (Vicia americana ssp. minor) |
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| Synonyms |
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| Common Names |
American deervetch American purple vetch American vetch |
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American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) |
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About
Native rhizomatous perennial herb, stems climbing by means of leaf tendrils, leaflets serrate at least distally, terminal leaflet is reduced to a tendril, racemes usually few-flowered, pod laterally compressed with multiple lenticular seeds, common in sagebrush steppe, grasslands, including roadsides and any open dry area with moderate levels of disturbance. |
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