tł’íkw’əәn’

tł’íkw’əәn’ - giant vetch

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: tł’íkw’əәn’

Taxon Name: Vicia gigantea

“Common” Name: giant vetch

Cultural Values:

Ecological Community: Woodlands and rock outcrops

Wikipedia summary:
Vicia nigricans is a species of vetch known by the common name black vetch. It has a disjunct distribution, its two subspecies divided by thousands of miles in range. The northern subspecies, ssp. gigantea (giant vetch), is native to western North America from Alaska to northern California, where it occurs in coastal and moist inland habitat and disturbed areas. The southern subspecies

Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Obervation count: 1