Pennsylvania extension agronomist Fred Grau came across crown vetch that was across more than 10 acres of poor-quality soil in 1935. The plant had survived in an area little else could grow, with Grau beginning to study it as a possible ground cover, and within two decades, crown vetch was being planted extensively for erosion control and revegetation across North America.
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