Kebnat

Vicia

7 species

In Québec, the genus Vicia (family Fabaceae) counts 7 species of plants. The stars? Bird vetch, Bush vetch and Lentil vetch, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 6 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Capitale-Nationale6
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  3. Montréal5
  4. Montérégie5
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  7. Lanaudière4
  8. Mauricie3
  9. Côte-Nord3
  10. Laurentides3
  11. Estrie2
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  14. Centre-du-Québec2
  15. Outaouais1
  16. Nord-du-Québec1
  17. Laval1

Vicia 7

Fabales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Fabaceae
All91Fabaceae85Polygalaceae6
Bird vetch2,889 observations
Bush vetch193 observations
Lentil vetch32 observations
Garden vetch21 observations
American vetch10 observations
Tiny vetch6 observations
Winter vetch5 observations