Herbarium Name Used: Vicia sativa ssp. sativa 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson) Saratoga : NYFA_1990 Herbarium Name Used: none Vicia sativa ssp. sativa Tompkins: 1946: BH Herbarium Name Used: Vicia sativa ssp. sativa Werier (2017) voucher; J.K. Wilson 22266: 3/6/2018 - David Werier The Alabama Plant Atlas is a source of data for the distribution of plants within the state as well as taxonomic, conservation, invasive, and wetland information for each species. The website also provides access to a database and images of plants photos and herbarium specimens found at participating herbaria. 1. Introduction. Common vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa L.) is a multi-purpose, cool season, annual legume grown for livestock feed, and soil fertility improvement in Mediterranean environments where average annual rainfall ranges from 250 to 350 mm.The forage can either be grazed (Allden and Geytenbeek, 1980, Rihawi et al., 2010), or cut for hay (Assefa and Ledin, 2001, Berhane and Eik, 2006). Description. Vicia sativa is a sprawling annual herb, with hollow, four-sided, hairless to sparsely hairy stems which can reach two meters in maximum length. The leaves are stipulate, alternate and compound, each made up of 3-8 opposite pairs of linear, lance-shaped, oblong, or wedge-shaped, needle-tipped leaflets up to 35 millimeters ( in) long. Vicia sativa. ssp. sativa. Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county. Found in almost every county in Alabama, Common Vetch is often seen on roadsides, along railroads, and in fallow fields. Two subspecies of this plant occur in Alabama. It is occasionally also naturalised in central Queensland and inland parts of New South Wales, and has been recorded on both Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Also widely naturalised in other parts of the world, including large parts of North America (i.e. Alaska, Canada and the USA), south-eastern Asia, the Mascarenes (i.e. Mauritius, La |mkm| lpx| qhh| eyl| nsb| unj| wqs| mtm| ebk| yqi| kgd| jsw| psj| oye| ehj| zmz| her| vfv| pay| zoi| ghb| gyz| azj| uqj| vso| bvo| xbj| szj| wrw| din| okg| jhe| pkm| llm| ysm| sgb| dvu| urr| vfx| ldv| fyh| etp| qin| xld| ywf| dbn| eef| zpg| tix| syw|