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Bush Vetch

Vicia sepium

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 9,191, February 6,788, March 10,636, April 16,733, May 24,126, June 26,308, July 28,151, August 24,210, September 17,774, October 13,267, November 7,250, December 5,666.
United States190,229
Alaska190,102
Russia12,442
United Kingdom6,982
England5,544
Germany3,499
Moscow Oblast1,769
Austria1,356
France1,330
Moscow1,326

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusVetches · Vicia

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Practise Bush Vetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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