{"id":1357,"date":"2010-02-19T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1357"},"modified":"2024-05-17T21:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:59:59","slug":"purple-vetch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/purple-vetch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tufted Vetch \/ Cow Vetch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"A single blooming stem of purple vetch against a backdrop of cranberry vines and green berries - photographed July 28th 2003\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-105x81.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-317x244.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-423x326.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803-634x488.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch072803.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>Family:<\/strong> Fabaceae (Bean, Pea, Legume Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus: <\/strong><em>Vicia<\/em> | <strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>cracca <\/em>(Introduced from Europe\/Asia)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> This is a climbing legume plant native to Europe and Asia which was introduced to North America and other continents; also known as bird vetch, blue vetch or boreal vetch.\u00a0 It has gray-green compound leaves and long, one-sided, crowded spikes of pea-like tubular blue-purple flowers in large\/showy clusters.\u00a0 There are 17 different species of vetch in the northeastern US. <strong>[mostly annual]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Roadsides and fields (often in disturbed habitats), and sometimes heavy along cranberry dikes and bog edges; It can move onto a cranberry bed substantially if uncontrolled;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom:<\/strong> July &#8211; August (in Maine)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1357 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A patch of tufted vetch in bloom in Maine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/PurpleVetch-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1361'>\n\t\t\t\tTufted Vetch\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/052708-Vetch.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/052708-Vetch-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo showing the vegetative portion (stems and leaves) of a Vetch (possibly Giant Vetch Vicia gigantea), photographed May 27th, 2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/052708-Vetch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/01\/052708-Vetch-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A blooming stem of Tufted Vetch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A blooming stem of Tufted Vetch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Purple-Vetch-EarlyJuly2009-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Fabaceae (Bean, Pea, Legume Family) Genus: Vicia | Species: cracca (Introduced from Europe\/Asia) Description: This is a climbing legume plant native to Europe and Asia which was introduced to North America and other continents; 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