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Bush Vetch in St Cyrus, Aberdeensire
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CEP - Aberdeenshire
Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium) in St Cyrus, Aberdeensire. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar in 1978.
06 June 1978
Bush Vetch, Bo'ness
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Bo'ness and Kinneil
Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium), former Bridgeness Shipbreakers site, Bo'ness
03 May 2017
Common Vetch at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Malls Mire
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
05 June 2022
Common Vetch, Castlemilk Park
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Castlemilk Park
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in Castlemilk Park, taken by David Palmar
14 May 2022
Common Vetch, Milton, Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Also known as 'poor man's peas' Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) is the one edible vetch which can be found in the landscape. Harvested peas should be washed and cooked as they have mildly toxic properties when raw, and harvested young as toxins build up as the peas become older. Common Vetch is able to make its own nitrates which enables it to be used as a soil-fertiliser too. Its pink flowers appear between May and September. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
6-Spot Burnet Moth on Common Vetch, Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), Ruchill Park, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
20 June 2020
Tufted Vetch, North Uist
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Balranald and western North Uist
A member of the Pea family, Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) is able to live in a variety of habitats including woodland edge, coastal margins and scrubland. The purple, tube-shaped flowers appear between June and August. This photo was taken on the machair at RSPB Balranald, North Uist.
08 August 2017
6-Spot Burnet Moth on Tufted Vetch, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Robroyston Park
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca), Robroyston Park local nature reserve, Glasgow. The commonest and most widely distributed burnet moth in the UK, the 6-spot can often be found frequenting flowery grasslands.
15 July 2012
Common Vetch, Bothwell Castle
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Bothwell
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in flower, Bothwell Castle grounds, South Lanarkshire. This plant is a member of the pea family (legumes), meaning it is able to fix nitrogen from the air. It grows well in grassland, farmland and roadside verges.
16 May 2017
Wood Vetch, Kintyre
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CEP - Kintyre
Wood Vetch (Vicia sylvatica) a perennial herb, grows to 2 metres but is not self supporting, instead using tendrils to climb other plants. Flowers (July-August) are white streaked with blue. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in Kintyre in 1982.