Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vicia > Vicia craccaVicia cracca (cow vetch; Tufted Vetch; Arveja; Bird Vetch; Boreal Vetch)Synonyms: Cracca major (heterotypic); Cracca plumosa; Cracca pyrenaica (homotypic); Cracca vulgaris (homotypic); Ervum cracca (homotypic); Vicia australis; Vicia azurea (heterotypic); Vicia cracca canescens; Vicia cracca f. canescens; Vicia cracca f. cracca; Vicia cracca f. etiamalba; Vicia cracca f. humilis; Vicia cracca f. leucantha; Vicia cracca f. macrophylla; Vicia cracca f. pallidiflora; Vicia cracca f. pulchra; Vicia cracca galloprovincinalis; Vicia cracca gerardi (heterotypic); Vicia cracca imbricata; Vicia cracca kitaibeliana; Vicia cracca oreophila; Vicia cracca stenophylla (heterotypic); Vicia cracca tenuifolia; Vicia cracca var. alpina; Vicia cracca var. canescens; Vicia cracca var. cracca; Vicia cracca var. gerardi; Vicia cracca var. leucantha; Vicia cracca var. linearis; Vicia cracca var. nana; Vicia cracca var. peudocassubica; Vicia cracca var. plumosa; Vicia cracca var. pulchra; Vicia cracca var. vulgaris; Vicia cracca vulgaris; Vicia dahurica; Vicia douglassii; Vicia gerardi (heterotypic); Vicia grenieri; Vicia grossheimii; Vicia hetoropus; Vicia imbricata; Vicia incana (heterotypic); Vicia kitaibeliana (heterotypic); Vicia kitaibelii (homotypic); Vicia macrophylla; Vicia multiflora (heterotypic); Vicia oiana; Vicia oreophila; Vicia pontica; Vicia scheuzeri; Vicia stenophylla (heterotypic); Vicia tenuifolia f. laxiflora; Vicia tenuifolia stenophylla; Vicia tenuifolia var. laxiflora; Vicia tenuifolia var. stenophylla; Vicia versicolor Language: Belorussian; Finnish; French; German; Italian; Kazakh; Komi; Latvian; Lithuanian; Mongolian; Polish; Romanian; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; Ukrainian; Yakut Vicia cracca (tufted vetch, cow vetch, bird vetch, blue vetch, boreal vetch), is a species of vetch native to Europe and Asia. It occurs on other continents as an introduced species, including North America, where it is a common weed. It often occurs in disturbed habitats, including old-fields and roadside ditches. |
Bee Flower Color [1] | Blue | Flower Color [2] | Purple | Foliage Color [2] | Green | Fruit Color [2] | Black | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Bloom Period [2] | Late Spring | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | Fire Tolerance [2] | High | Frost Free Days [2] | 3 months 20 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Low | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Summer | Growth Form [2] | Rhizomatous | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | Lifespan [3] | Perennial | Propagation [2] | Seed | Regrowth Rate [2] | Moderate | Root Depth [2] | 12 inches (30 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | Seed Vigor [2] | Low | Seeds Per [2] | 40000 / lb (88185 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Decumbent | Structure [5] | Herb | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Height [3] | 3.936 feet (1.2 m) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Hardiness Zone Minimum [2] | USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°) | Light Preference [4] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [4] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [4] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [4] | Moist | Water Use [2] | Low | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Screening - Summer [2] | Moderate | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Andakill Protected Habitat Area |
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7626 |
Iceland |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve |
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90 |
Michigan, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens |
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1154 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Elenydd |
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21274 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Lorn |
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51830 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ingleborough Complex |
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14256 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ussuriysky Zapovednik |
Ia |
99910 |
Primorsky Krai , Russia |
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Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods |
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829 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 6Ecology of Commanster♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 9Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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