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American Groundnut

apios americana

The American Groundnut is a special plant that grows beautiful flowers and has tasty tubers underground. It can be found near water and is an important food source for many animals!

Lebensraum: Wetlands, riverbanks, and along the edges of forests

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The American Groundnut is a vigorous, slender vine with compound leaves, typically featuring 5-7 oval leaflets. It has unique, pea-like flowers that range from reddish-purple to brownish-maroon, clustered tightly in dense spikes. These distinctive flowers stand out against its green foliage.

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American Groundnut

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Interessante Fakten

Each vine can produce a chain of starchy tubers, sometimes weighing over a pound together!

Even famed explorers like Lewis and Clark noted the American Groundnut's importance as food.

Its tasty tubers were a vital food source for early Native Americans for thousands of years!

Some call it "potato bean" because it grows both underground tubers and edible bean-like pods.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underground Super Storage

American Groundnut can grow edible tubers deep underground, storing energy to survive winter and sprout back next year.

Fähigkeit

Nitrogen Booster

It teams up with tiny soil microbes to pull nitrogen from the air, enriching the soil for itself and other plants.

Fähigkeit

Climbing Crusher

Its twining stems can climb high on other plants, reaching sunlight and spreading its leaves widely.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-300 cm
Ausbreitung
50-200 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Summer to fall
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Nectars on its distinctive purplish-brown flowers.

pollinates

Common Eastern Bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

Visits the flowers for nectar and pollen.

eats

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Browses on its foliage and young shoots.

eats

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Feeds on the seeds produced in its pods.

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Auch bekannt als

ApiosIndian PotatoWild Bean

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Was ist der/die/das höhe von American Groundnut?

30-300 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von American Groundnut?

50-200 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von American Groundnut?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von American Groundnut?

Summer to fall

Was ist der/die/das essbar von American Groundnut?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von American Groundnut?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von American Groundnut?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von American Groundnut?

Insekten

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