Taxonomy | |||||
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Scientific Name: | Astragalus phoenix | ||||
Common name: | Ash Meadows milkvetch |
Rank and Status | |||
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Global Rank: | G2 | Native Status: | Native |
Subnational (State) Rank: | S1 | Endemic: | Yes |
US ESA Status: | Listed threatened | Sand Dunes: | No |
NNHP Tracking Status: | At-Risk List | Wetland: | No |
Other Agency Status | Status | Last Updated | Status Comments |
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Bureau of Land Management - Nevada | Sensitive | BLM Nevada Sensitive Species List dated 2017-10-01 | |
State of Nevada Protected | Critically endangered | ||
Nevada Native Plant Society | Threatened |
Distribution (NV Counties) |
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Nye |
Summary Occurrence Data | |
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Occurrence Count: | 13 |
Total Observed Area (hectares): | 3 |
Maximum Known Elevation (m): | Not available |
Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 671 |
Links |
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Astragalus phoenix data at NatureServe |
Astragalus phoenix photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
Character Abstract | |
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Habitat Comments: | Dry, hard, seasonally moist, white, barren flats, washes, and knolls of calcareous alkaline soils with Distichlis spicata, Atriplex confertifolia, Mentzelia leucophylla, Haplopappus acradenius, and Enceliopsis nudicaulis corrugata. |
Ecology Comments: | |
Inventory Comments: | Surveys substantially complete. |
Inventory Needs: | |
Version Date: | 02/01/1999 - 12:00am |
close-up of flowers
Photographer: Copyright Gary Monroe, Nevada Native Plant Society
Photo Date: |
Astragalus phoenix flowers
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for US Forest Service
Photo Date: 2007-04-14 |
Astragalus phoenix flowers
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for US Forest Service
Photo Date: 2007-04-14 |
Astragalus phoenix habitat
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for US Forest Service
Photo Date: 2007-04-14 |
Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Jeanne R. Janish
Photo Date: 1980 |