PLANTS Profile for Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana
American vetch

Symbol:

VIAMA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, S.E. side, Road 6900. June 16, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

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Synonyms:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

VIAMO	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. oregana (Nutt.) Abrams
VIAMA6	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. americana	American vetch
VIAMO2	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. oregana (Nutt.) A. Nelson
VIAMT2	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. truncata (Nutt.) W.H. Brewer
VIAMV2	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. villosa (Kellogg) F.J. Herm.
VICA13	Vicia californica Greene
VICAM2	Vicia californica Greene var. madrensis Jeps.
VIOR2	Vicia oregana Nutt.
VISPT	Vicia sparsifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. truncata (Nutt.) S. Watson

Distribution:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia, 3 subspecies in Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.

Classification:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Vicia L. – vetch
Species	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. – American vetch
Subspecies	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana – American vetch

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
Vicia americana
purple vetch		Endangered, Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

Vicia americana:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC?

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. americana

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524800.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 06:13 AM CDT