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Fabaceae > Securigera (Coronilla) (crownvetch) | |
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Crownvetch (Coronilla varia, Securigera varia) Clay Co., NC 21 May 2005 Common in the western 2/3 of NC, Crownvetch is introduced from Europe and used to stabilize roadsides. |
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Crownvetch (Coronilla varia, Securigera varia) Clay Co., NC 21 May 2005 Crownvetch is used as a caterpillar host plant for the Wild Indigo Duskywing, and the widespread use of this plant by highway departments has apparently resulted in the increase in population and distribution of Wild Indigo Duskywings. |
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Crownvetch (Coronilla varia, Securigera varia) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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