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Vicia sativa
Vicia sativa
Common Vetch
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0817 3083 (2017-08-28)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  May 8, 2016
  • latitude 36.01978   longitude 90.52836     View on Google Maps.
  • location   3900 Southpoint Dr., 0.1 mi. W of US 49 (3500 Linwood Dr.), 0.1 mi. N of Statler Rd., Paragould, (Greene County, Arkansas, US)
  • family Fabacae
  • plant community   grassland at 295' (90m)
  • notes   A non-native species introduced for soil improvement and/or fodder which commonly escapes and naturalizes. Ripe legumes become erect and distinctively black, twisting spirally to eject ripening seeds. These plants on an undeveloped grassy, infrequently mowed, prairie remnant.
  • keywords: Ark
  • contributor's ID #  Ark 593
  • photo category: Plant - vine

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Common Vetch, Smooth Vetch (photographer)
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