Beautiful Pink Crown Vetch Wildflowers On Cape Cod.

The Crown Vetch wildflowers are blooming all over Cape Cod and are just gorgeous! Crown Vetch are a bicolored flower which form golf-ball size clusters at the end of stalks. They are a creeping plant which makes a nice ground cover.

I took this photograph on the Nauset Marsh Trail past the amphitheater at the Visitors Center.

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  1. Fun fact:
    Crownvetch provides excellent escape cover and nesting for rabbits and quail, and an excellent food source for deer, turkey and rabbits during its young and tender growth stages.
    https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Crownvetch.pdf

    Not so fun fact:
    Crown vetch can be commonly found as pasture coverage to control soil erosion but it is actually a source of poisoning for your horse if he ingests it.
    https://wagwalking.com/horse/condition/crown-vetch-poisoning

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