| Images of Woollypod Vetch
| | Note: The following cover crop images are part of an extensive collection of cover crop photographs maintained the UC SAREP staff. The images have not been completely categorized and labeled. Some will be included in a book on cover crops due out in 1997, but all images have been made available online because of the overwhelming number of requests we have had for them. |
| Vicia villosa ssp. dasycarpa, woollypod vetch cv 'Lana' is often used in orchards. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is flail mowed closely to kill the plants and provide nitrogen to orchard trees. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Common vetch on left, woollypod vetch on right, in organic walnut orchard, Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| In the Central Valley, 'Lana' woollypod vetch typically matures and dies by July. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Common vetch appears better able to establish amid deep leaf litter than is 'Lana' woollypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is used as a cover crop in orchards and annual farming systems. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Common vetch (left) and woolypod vetch (right) are often grown in mixtures in walnut and almond orchards. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch and common vetch are often sown together in orchards. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is commonly used as an orchard understory cover crop. It is seeded in wlanut along with other vetches and cereals. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Woolypod vetch is commonly used as an understory cover crop in reduced- or no-tillage orchards. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is commonly used in field crop rotations by organic farmers. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is commonly used in field crop rotations by organic farmers. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch, common vetch, bur medic, and various cereals are often used in organic walnut orchards. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch may be tilled under as a green manure. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Remnant unmowed, untilled bands of woolypod vetch and other legumes enable orchardists to manage self-regenerating cover crops. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Even moderately close mowing in May will kill 'Lana' woolypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is often used in organic field crop rotations. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is a vigorous winter-annual legume used as a cover crop in many settings. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Close mowing will kill many winter annual legumes, particularly if they are in full flower. Vetches are especially sensitive. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Vetches sometimes cause problems by entwining and blocking sprinkler emitters. Livingston, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Close flail mowing will kill 'Lana' woolypod vetch that is in full Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg. Winters.
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| Vetches, bell bean, and oat are often used in plow-down mixes. Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is often used in Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS). Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Untilled and unmowed remnant bands of cover crops permit reseeding and regeneration of orchard cover crops. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch flowers during April and May and seed matures from mid-May to early June. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Remnant bands of cover crops permit seed maturation and provide habitat for lacewings and other predators. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is flail mowed closely to kill the plants and provide nitrogen to orchard trees. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Living cover crops may be tolerated at the bases of established orchard trees, but should be removed upon maturation, to reduce danger of phytophthora. Winters, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch, cereal rye, and bell beans may be used together in winter-annual cover crops. Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is a major winter-annual cover crop in Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) for walnut and for almonds. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Bell bean and woollypod vetch may be used with cereal grains in winter-annual cover crops. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Crimson clover, 'Lana' woolypod vetch, burr medic, and subterranean clovers are used in mixtures in BIOS for almonds. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Walnut orchards, with deep shade and late harvest, may require annual reseeding of cover crop. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| There are still important questions regarding nitrogen availability following no-till management of cover crops ('Lana' woollypod vetch mown residue shown here)in orchards and vineyards. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Bell bean can be grown in mixtures with vetches and cereals. Porterville, Tulare Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Close mowing at peak flower will kill many cover crops, including 'Lana' woollypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Flail mowers may be used for close mowing to kill a cover crop, such as 'Lana' woollypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA., photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Close mowing to kill 'Lana' woollypod vetch and make available nitrogen for walnut trees. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Close mowing to kill a cover crop of 'Lana' woollypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Vetch residues degrade more rapidly than those of cereal grains. Winters, Yolo Co., CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is a major component of BIOS cover crop mixes. Merced Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg. |
| At peak flowering, woollypod vetch is easily killed by close mowing. Winters, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is a major component of BIOS cover crop mixes. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg. |
| 'Lana' woollypod vetch is a major component of BIOS cover crop mixes. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg. |
| Unmowed remnant bands of cover crops may permit reseeding. Winters, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Unmowed remnant bands of cover crops may permit regeneration of stands the subsequent fall. Winters, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is commonly used in field crop rotations by organic farmers. Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| 'Lana' woolypod vetch is commonly used in field crop rotations by organic farmers. Davis, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Bob Bugg.
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| Annual vetches, clovers, and burr medic are included in the BIOS "Rich Mix" of cover crops. Winters, Yolo Co., CA. Photo by Robert L. Bugg.
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| Inflorescence of 'Lana' woollypod vetch. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Jack Kelly Clark. |
| Various oat cultivars provide good structural support for the twining, vining vetches. Winters, yolo Co., CA. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark.
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| Purple vetch, woollypod vetch, and common vetch (clockwise from left)are the main vetches grown in California. Winters, Yolo Co., CA, photo by Jack Kelly Clark.
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| Woollypod vetch. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark.
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| Oat and woollypod vetch. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark.
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| Tillage is less frequently used in orchards nowadays, because it is more energy consumptive than mowing, and it generates more dust. Winters, CA. Photo by Bob Bugg.
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