PLANTS Profile for Pisum sativum (garden pea)

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Pisum sativum L.
garden pea

Symbol:

PISA6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W
GL		W


Other common names:
	field pea
	green pea
	english pea

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, WA, Pullman. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Pisum sativum L.

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Synonyms:
Pisum sativum L.

	PIAR6	Pisum arvense L.
	PIHU2	Pisum humile Boiss. & Noe
	PISAA2	Pisum sativum L. ssp. arvense (L.) Poir.
	PISAA8	Pisum sativum L. var. arvense (L.) Poir.
	PISAH	Pisum sativum L. var. humile Poir.
	PISAM	Pisum sativum L. var. macrocarpon Ser.

Distribution:
Pisum sativum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, FL, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, UT, VA, WA), CAN (MB, ON, QC), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Pisum sativum L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 4 species in Pisum

Classification:
Pisum sativum L.

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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	Pisum L. – pea
Species	Pisum sativum L. – garden pea

Introduced Information:
Pisum sativum L.

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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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Pisum sativum L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Martin			Minor				Minor
Yarrow	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Pisum sativum L.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26867.

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

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Pisum sativum L.

Cornell University cover crops page for field peas

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (Sustainable Agriculture Network)

Time Generated: 02/16/2013 04:15 PM CST