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Vetch Weed

Vicia sativa

Photo by SarahWhitt
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Field Notes

Description:

A trailing or climing summer annual vine with leaves that are divided into many leaflets. The vetches are common weeds of roadsides, pastures, landscapes, ornamentals, and some of the winter annuals are weeds of winter small grains. Common vetch is found throughout Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama.

Habitat:

In a meadow.

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