Tufted Vetch, Vicia cracca. Name also: Cow Vetch, Boreal Vetch, Bird Vetch USA Family: Pea Family ââ¬â Fabaceae Leguminosae Vetch grows wild in strawberry patch in NY Finger Lakes. Tufted vetch is a perennial plant which is poisonous to a certain degree. Its stems are limp, bristly, branched and climbing. Its runners grow close to the ground and their roots can go quite deep around 30 cm 12 in. into the soil. This partly explains why the plant thrives on different kinds of soil, from alkaline to acidic peat. In an agricultural context it thrives best in different kinds of meadows and fallow land, grain fields and among root crops. Habitat: Meadows, roadsides, banks, waste ground, shores, forest margins, herbaceous forests. Flowering time: Juneââ¬âAugust.
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