Vicia sepium Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Colour Variant

Fruit

Height: 30-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Extrafloral Nectaries
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August (Earliest: 20.4)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge
Flower Visitors:
Several Apidae

Cyaniris semiargus

Pieris rapae

Autographa gamma
Parasites:
Erysiphe pisi

Septoria viciae

Agromyza vicifoliae
Possible Parasites:
Liriomyza strigata

Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Several Tortricidae

Phyllobius pyri

Sitona suturalis
Possible Herbivores:
Several Erebidae Larvae

Celypha lacunana

Charanyca ferruginea Larva

Ematurga atomaria Larva

Ametastegia glabrata Larva

Tenthredo atra Larva

Sitona humeralis

Sitona lepidus

Altica palustris

Neocrepidodera ferruginea
Sapivores:
Several Aphididae
Possible Sapivores:
Palomena prasina

Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Possible Florivores:
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva
Granivores:
Eutrichapion punctiger Larva

Oxystoma ochropus Larva

Bruchus atomarius Larva
Possible Granivores:
Peritrechus gracilicornis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Bush Vetch


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