PLANTS Profile for Vicia cracca ssp. cracca (bird vetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca
bird vetch

Symbol:

VICRC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

More Information:

Images:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

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Synonyms:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

	VICRG	Vicia cracca L. ssp. grossheimii (Ekutim.) Hashimov, nom. inval.
	VISE6	Vicia semicincta Greene

Distribution:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 69 species in Vicia, 4 subspecies in Vicia cracca L.

Classification:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 cracca L. – bird vetch
Subspecies	Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca – bird vetch

Introduced Information:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Vicia cracca L. ssp. cracca

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524803.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 09:50 PM MDT