Vicia americana Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 10447

Vicia americana Willd.

American vetch

2007 Jorg Fleige

2011 Jorg & Mimi Fleige

2011 Steve Matson

2011 Barry Breckling

Vicia americana, a dicot, is a perennial herb or vine that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1705 records) Plant Characteristics

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Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Vicia
Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. americana

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

More information about Vicia americana


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VIAM) BONAP Distribution Map	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/10/2021).