- Vicia villosa
Taxobox
name = Hairy Vetch
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Faboideae
tribus =Vicieae
genus = "Vicia "
species = "V. villosa"
binomial = "Vicia villosa"Hairy vetch ("
Vicia villosa" Roth) is a plant native toEurope and westernAsia . It is alegume , grown as a forage crop.Hairy Vetch is very similar to
Tufted Vetch , the most noticeable difference being that Tufted Vetch has a smooth stem.Cultivation
Organic gardners often plant hairy vetch (a nitrogen-fixing legume) as a
companion plant to tomatoes, as an alternative to rotating crops in small growing areas. When it is time to plant tomatoes in the spring, cut the hairy vetch to the ground and plant the tomato seedlings in holes dug through the matted residue and stubble of the ground cover of hairy vetch. The vetch vegetation provides both nitrogen and an instant mulch that preserves moisture and keeps weeds from sprouting. [http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-16-1561,00.html Organic Gardening Magazine]ee also
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Vicia " spp. (vetch)
*List of companion plants External links
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/vetch.html Alternative Field Crops Manual]
* [http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/turfid/csPagedPdField.aspx?PlantID=VICVI TurfFiles Hairy Vetch Weed ID]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-lifeform=any&rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Vicia+villosa&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&where-namesoup=&rel-location=matchphrase&where-location=&rel-county=eq&where-county=any&rel-state=eq&where-state=any&rel-country=eq&where-country=any&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=contains&where-photographer=&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=&max_rows=24 Photo gallery]
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