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Bush Vetch

Vicia sepium

Bush Vetch is a climbing plant with pretty purple flowers. It grows in fields and along roadsides, making the world a little brighter with its colors.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Bush Vetch is a scrambling plant with delicate purple-blue, pea-like flowers that grow in small clusters. It has distinctive green leaves made of several pairs of oval leaflets, ending in branched tendrils that help it climb. Its overall appearance is often found trailing through other vegetation.

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Bush Vetch
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Bush Vetch

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Before modern farming, Bush Vetch was sometimes grown in fields to help feed farm animals!

Even its name, 'Vetch,' comes from an old word meaning 'to bind' or 'twist,' just like its climbing stems!

Its seed pods burst open with a snap, flinging tiny seeds far away to grow new plants!

This plant is a 'soil superhero,' adding special goodness that helps other plants grow big and strong!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Climbing Climber

Bush Vetch has tiny coiled tendrils that help it grip other plants, allowing it to climb upwards to reach more sunlight.

Fähigkeit

Soil Superhero

Bush Vetch can pull nitrogen from the air into its roots, enriching the soil and helping other plants grow stronger.

Fähigkeit

Explosive Seed Sprayer

Bush Vetch has seed pods that burst open when dry, flinging seeds away to colonize new areas.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-100 cm
Ausbreitung
20-80 cm
Blütengröße
1-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to late summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Feeds on nectar, aiding reproduction.

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Collects pollen and nectar for its colony.

eats

Black Bean Aphid

Aphis fabae

Feeds on its sap, potentially weakening it.

symbiotic with

Rhizobium Bacteria

Rhizobium leguminosarum

Forms nodules for nitrogen fixation.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch wild plants without asking an adult.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Bush Vetch?

30-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Bush Vetch?

20-80 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Bush Vetch?

1-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Bush Vetch?

Late spring to late summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Bush Vetch?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Bush Vetch?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Bush Vetch?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Bush Vetch?

Insekten

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