PLANTS Profile for Vicia americana ssp. minor (mat vetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn
mat vetch

Symbol:

VIAMM3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

Vicia sparsifolia

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 409. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

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Synonyms:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

	LALI4	Lathyrus linearis Nutt.
	VIAMA2	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. angustifolia Nees
	VIAML8	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. linearis (Nutt.) S. Watson
	VIAMM	Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. var. minor Hook.
	VILI3	Vicia linearis (Nutt.) Greene
	VISP2	Vicia sparsifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
	VITR10	Vicia trifida F.G. Dietr.
	VITR11	Vicia trifida Rydb.

Distribution:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn


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USA (AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NT, SK)

Related Taxa:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

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

Classification:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

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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. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn – mat vetch

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

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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. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

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

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Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. minor (Hook.) C.R. Gunn

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524802.

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