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Variations in days to flowering and pod maturity, harvest index, as well as yields and quality of hay, grain and straw among common vetch ( Vicia sativa ssp. sativa L.) accessions were examined, and accessions were identified on the basis of yield and quality attributes. Forty-five common vetch accessions were grown over four cropping seasons in a Mediterranean environment in north-west Syria. Crops were harvested at flowering to estimate hay yield, and at maturity to estimate grain and straw yields, and harvest index. Concentrations of hay and straw crude protein (CP), acid (ADFom) and neutral (aNDFom) detergent fibre, and in vitro organic matter (OM) digestibility (IVOMD), and grain CP were determined. Accessions varied (P r = −0.74, P r = 0.87, P r = −0.87, P r = −0.74, P r = 0.91, P r = −0.84, P |