Index / Search / Vicia americana
§1 Plant
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular American vetch — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Vicia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 878 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 9–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.9–7.2
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Low
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 32,833
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- High
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 878 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Benewah 16009
- Bingham 16011
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Kearny 20093
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Morris 20127
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Genesee 26049
- Houghton 26061
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Polk 31143
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
- York 31185
Nevada view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Dona Ana 35013
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Sherman 41055
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
South Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Bennett 46007
- Brown 46013
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Dewey 46041
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Hamlin 46057
- Harding 46063
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jackson 46071
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Douglas 53017
- Ferry 53019
- Garfield 53023
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2975204 ↗Record version
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