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  3. Vascular Plants
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  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
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  8. Vicia Sect. Cracca
  9. Tufted Vetch

species 105,223 observations

Tufted Vetch

Vicia cracca

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

173 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Silvery Blue, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Chionodes lugubrella 8
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 22
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Northern Amber Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Yellow-banded Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee 142
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Metanotalia maderense 1

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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