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Astragalus pterocarpus
| Taxonomy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Astragalus pterocarpus | ||||
| Common name: | winged milkvetch | ||||
| Rank and Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Rank: | G3 | Native Status: | Native |
| Subnational (State) Rank: | S3 | Endemic: | Yes |
| US ESA Status: | None | Sand Dunes: | No |
| NNHP Tracking Status: | Watch List | Wetland: | No |
| Other Agency Status | Status | Last Updated | Status Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Native Plant Society | Dropped, no longer of concern |
| Distribution (NV Counties) |
|---|
Status: Confident or certain
|
Churchill |
Humboldt |
Lander |
Pershing |
| Summary Occurrence Data | |
|---|---|
| Occurrence Count: | 19 |
| Total Observed Area (hectares): | Not Available |
| Maximum Known Elevation (m): | 1469 |
| Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 1219 |
| Links |
|---|
| Astragalus pterocarpus data at NatureServe |
| Astragalus pterocarpus photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
| Character Abstract | |
|---|---|
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| Habitat Comments: | Light-colored, alkaline, often seasonally moist sandy silt or clay soils of saltgrass meadows, shrubby bottomlands, and low knolls, often in washes or gullies, in the shadscale and lower sagebrush zones with Elymus cinereus, Artemisia spinescens, A. tridentata, Sitanion hystrix, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia, Tetradymia glabrata, Distichlis spicata var. stricta, Suaeda moquinii, Thelypodium sagittatum, etc. |
| Ecology Comments: | |
| Inventory Comments: | Not yet systematically surveyed. |
| Inventory Needs: | |
| Version Date: | 03/23/2001 - 12:00am |
 whole plant in fruit
Photographer: Copyright Margaret Williams, Nevada Native Plant Society
Photo Date: |
 fruits and leaflets
Photographer: Copyright Margaret Williams, Nevada Native Plant Society
Photo Date: |
 Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Jeanne R. Janish
Photo Date: 1980 |
