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Vicia americana

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Home Perennial Vicia americana

Damp or gravelly slopes, thickets and meadows.

Family: Fabaceae
Height: 1 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 2 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

American Vetch, Mat vetch Vicia americana native habitat is Damp or gravelly slopes, thickets and meadows.

Edible Uses

Young shoots - cooked. The tender seeds are eaten by the N. American Indians. Both the mature seeds and the immature seedpods can be used. The pod is about 3cm long and contains 4 - 7 seeds.

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