[Vicia spp.] "Niagara Gorge," both sides, Field Club,
1894, two species not identified.
Vicia americana Muhl. AMERICAN or PURPLE VETCH. "Goat
Island," Day (1888). ). "Lewiston," Field Club, 1889. Ontario, Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario,
Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, J. Millman, July
3, 1885 (TRT 13224); Queenston Heights, W. J. Potter, 1908 (TRT 13223); Niagara
Falls, M. Wilkes, May 25, 1903, 51458, Heimburger (1955). "Niagara Co.:
Niagara Falls; Whirlpool woods. Ontario: Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934).
Ontario, Parks. Hamilton (1943).
New York: "Whirlpool Woods," David F. Day, June 5, 1863
(BUF); Lewiston, river bank, Pease, June 5, 1885 (BUF); Lewiston, Chamot July
4, ca. 1888 (BUF).
Vicia caroliniana Walt. CAROLINA or PALE VETCH. Ontario:
"Chippawa, Navy Island .... (Maclagan.)" Macoun (1883). "Goat
Island," Day (1888). Ont.: Niagara Glen, Field Club, 1888. "Lewiston, "Field
Club, 1889. "Lewiston," Field Club, 1893. Ontario,
Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Whirlpool, Niagara R., Wm.
Scott, May 24, 1897 (TRT 13245); Niagara Glen, T. J. Ivey, June 18, 1907 (TRT
13.246); Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, May 24, 1897 (TRT 13250); Foster's Flats,
Wm. Scott, May 24, 1898 (TRT 13251); Queenston Heights, Wm. Scott, Sept. 5,
1896 (TRT 13252); Whirlpool, Wm. Scott, May 24, 1897, Heimburger (1955).
"Goat Island, Niagara Falls. Ontario: Niagara Glen, in and above the
gorge," Zenkert (1934). "... found along the River's banks,"
Hamilton (1943).
New York: Lewiston,
Rochester, May 31, 1890 (BUF); Niagara Falls, Niagara gorge, Harriet M. Sumner,
May 18, 1895 (BUF); Lewiston, Townsend, May 8, 1896 (BUF); Lewiston, Auerbach,
May 21, 1898 (BUF); Whirlpool, crest of gorge, limestone, Charles A. Zenkert,
July 16, 1932 (BUF).
Ontario: Niagara
River. A. D. Pease June 0, 1883 (BUF);
Niagara Glen, Edna Porter, May 7, 1898 (BUF); Niagara Glen, "crest of
gorge," Charles A. Zenkert, July 30, 1931 (BUF); "Hydro woods,"
near School of Horticulture, May 15, 1941 (NFO).
Range: sOnt. Status: Rare in
Canada, Argus & White (1977). Gillett records two pre-1925 stations in the
Niagara area (in Argus & Keddy, 1984) for a species that grows in (Dry
woods, thickets, and prairies." Not listed as rare in the Niagara Frontier
Region by Zander & Pierce (1979).
*Vicia cracca L. WILD TARE, BIRD or COW VETCH. "Near Clifton,
Ontario," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890).
Ontario, Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, Wm.
Scott, July 5, 1898 (TRT 132.80), Heimburger (1955). "... forms tangled
masses in grassy areas," Hamilton (1943).
New York: Fort
Niagara. Elizabeth C. Rochester June 25, 1887 (BUF); Fort Niagara. Ottilie E. Hauenstein June
25th, 1887(BUF); Goat
Island on the Niagara Fiver, just E of vehicular bridge, grassy area. P. M.
Eckel 880925 June 15, 1987(BUF).
Ontario: Queenston, Huard,
Sept. 1, 1961 (NFO); Navy Island, beach,
west side, Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
[*Vicia sativa L.] TARE.
Ontario, Queen Victoria Park: "There are no doubt many other species of
legumes which have escaped the writer's notice as yet. The Bean family is well
represented in many parts, but especially in Cedar Island, where its
representatives line the beautiful pathways through this sylvan spot,"
Panton (1890).
New York: Lewiston
bluffs overlooking the Niagara River, N end,old growth forest, dappled light,
strong wind Quercus alba, Q.rubra, Tilia, dry, fine-grain,soil. grassy
meadow border of weedy shrubs, P. M. Eckel 092204 Sept. 22, 1995 (PME).
Not listed for the flora of the Niagara
Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979), although Mitchell (1986) reports
this Eurasian species as naturalized in the New York State flora.
ssp. *nigra (L.) Ehrh. NARROW-LEAVED VETCH. (As Vicia angustifolia Ont.: Niagara
Falls, J. Macoun, July 9, 1901 (TRT 132.90), Heimburger (1955).
*Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. FOUR-SEEDED VETCH. "On the
Parkway near Government Docks between Niagara Falls and Fort Erie,"
Hamilton (1943).
New York: weedy
slopes above Lewiston, Eckel, June 16, 1988 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy Island, with Poa palustris,
west side, dry river embankment, Eckel, July 2, 1998 (BUF).
Vicia villosa Roth. HAIRY VETCH
Ontario. Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Paradise Grove natural regeneration area,just S of village, Fort George S
boundary: open Acer rubrum grass field, Quercus alba moist old
woods; masses in field NE, Acer woodland. P. M. Eckel s.n. Oct. 6, 1997 (BUF).