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- Hedysarum_alpinum abstract "Hedysarum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine sweetvetch. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. In North America it is widespread in Canada and the northernmost United States, including Alaska.This plant is a perennial herb producing several erect stems from its caudex. It grows to 70 centimetres (28 inches) in height. The taproot is thick and woody, and it has rhizomes which can produce new stems. The leaves are each divided into a number of leaflets up to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 inches) long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers. The flowers are pink or pale purple and up to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 inches) long. The flowers are pollinated by insects such as the bumblebee and honeybee. The fruit is a flat legume pod which is narrowed between the seeds, with as many as 9 segments.This plant generally grows in the boreal and northern temperate climates. It occurs in tundra and taiga habitat types, in floodplains, grasslands, and dry forests. It is well adapted to calcareous soils. It is usually not a dominant species but it is considered dominant in several river deltas and plains in Alaska. It is a pioneer species on floodplains that have been recently scoured by water and ice. It grows with willows and birches along waterways and in forests dominated by spruces. It grows on grasslands with grass species such as little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa), and American dunegrass (Leymus mollis).Alpine sweetvetch is an important source of food for many types of animals, including black bears, grizzly bears, American bison, moose, Dall's sheep, and caribou. Bears are adept at digging up the nutritious roots. The roots are a primary food for grizzly bears in some areas, such as Banff National Park. In parts of Alaska this plant is a primary food for Dall's sheep and caribou. Many small mammals, such as voles and short-tailed weasels eat it, and a variety of birds nest in alpine sweetvetch habitat.Native Alaskan peoples used and still use the plant for food, particularly the fleshy roots. The roots are said to taste like young carrots. The Inupiat people call the plant wild potato and obtain dietary fiber from the roots. Alpine sweetvetch is the most important food source for the Dena'ina people after wild fruit species. The Eskimo train dogs to locate stores of roots that have been cached by mice. The roots may be eaten raw or prepared in a number of ways, including boiling, roasting, and frying in grease. They are stored in lard or oil and eaten when other food stores run out. The seeds should not be eaten raw, or in large quantity, as they contain L-canavanine, which may have led or contributed to the death of Christopher McCandless.".
- Hedysarum_alpinum binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Hedysarum_alpinum class Eudicots.
- Hedysarum_alpinum division Flowering_plant.
- Hedysarum_alpinum family Fabaceae.
- Hedysarum_alpinum genus Hedysarum.
- Hedysarum_alpinum kingdom Plant.
- Hedysarum_alpinum order Fabales.
- Hedysarum_alpinum order Rosids.
- Hedysarum_alpinum thumbnail Hedysarum_alpinum.png?width=300.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageExternalLink The-Silent-Fire.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageID "33824002".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageLength "4970".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageOutDegree "57".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageRevisionID "650167142".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Alaska.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink American_bison.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink American_black_bear.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Angiosperms.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Arctic_Circle.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Banff_National_Park.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Betula.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Birch.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Bombus_flavifrons.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Calcareous.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Canavanine.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Caribou.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Carrot.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hedysareae.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plants_described_in_1753.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Caudex.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Christopher_McCandless.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Dall_sheep.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Dalls_sheep.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Denaina.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Denaina_people.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Dietary_fiber.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Eskimo.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Eudicots.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Fabaceae.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Fabales.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Floodplain.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Grassland.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Grizzly_bear.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Hedysarum.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Hoarding_(animal_behavior).
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Honey_bee.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Honeybee.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Inflorescence.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Inupiat.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Inupiat_people.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Lard.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Latitude.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Legume.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Leymus_mollis.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Moose.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Oil.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Picea.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Pioneer_species.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Poa_compressa.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Pollination.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Raceme.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Rhizome.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink River_delta.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Rosids.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Salix.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Schizachyrium_scoparium.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Short-tailed_weasel.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Spruce.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Stoat.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Subarctic_climate.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Taiga.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Taproot.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Temperate_climate.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Temperateness.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Tundra.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Vole.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Willow.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLink Yellowhead_bumblebee.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Apline sweet-vetch".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hedysarum alpinum".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Indian potato or wild carrot".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sweet Vetch".
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageWikiLinkText "liquorice-root".
- Hedysarum_alpinum binomial "Hedysarum alpinum".
- Hedysarum_alpinum binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Hedysarum_alpinum familia Fabaceae.
- Hedysarum_alpinum genus "Hedysarum".
- Hedysarum_alpinum hasPhotoCollection Hedysarum_alpinum.
- Hedysarum_alpinum ordo Fabales.
- Hedysarum_alpinum regnum "Plantae".
- Hedysarum_alpinum species "H. alpinum".
- Hedysarum_alpinum unrankedClassis Eudicots.
- Hedysarum_alpinum unrankedDivisio Angiosperms.
- Hedysarum_alpinum unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Hedysarum_alpinum unrankedOrdo Rosids.
- Hedysarum_alpinum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.