Species: Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)
Family: Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Legume seedpod crops are commercially very important for human consumption, livestock forage, silage, and nitrogen-rich 'green manure'.
C. Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)
Despite its name this native plant is almost hairless, although the pods are downy. It flowers from May.
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Hairy Tare
Despite its name the native Hairy Tare is almost hairless, although the pods are downy. It flowers from May.
Hairy Tare
Hairy Tare can be used as a legume seedpod crop which is commercially very important for human consumption, livestock forage, silage, and nitrogen-rich 'green manure'.
Hairy Tare
Hairy Tare has small seed pods that contain no more than two seeds. This is one way in which you can tell it apart from Smooth Tare, which usually has 4 seeds per pod, or Slender Tare, which usually has between 4 and 8 seeds per pod.
Hairy Tare
Hairy Tare has branched tendrils. Smooth Tare has tendrils that are usually not branched, and Slender Tare has tendrils that are never branched.
