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Pohl's Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. pohlii)

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Photo by Zach Coury; Zach Coury; Zach Coury; Zach Coury
Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA

Pohl's Milkvetch

Pohl's Milkvetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. pohlii)

Photo by Zach Coury; Zach Coury; Zach Coury; Zach Coury
Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Zach Coury 2023; Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA

Astragalus lentiginosus var. pohlii

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G5T2
State (S-rank): S1S2

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Phenology

This species flowers between May and July.

Species range

Endemic to Rush and Skull valleys, Tooele County, Utah.

Threats or limiting factors

The primary threats are from habitat loss and degredation due to recreation, agriculture, grazing, drought, road maintainence, and potential future energy developments. The type locality population north of Vernon is nearly extinct due to farming and road disturbance, only 5 individuals found in marginal, disturbed habitat in 2008 (Alexander 2009).

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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