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Avon Milkvetch (Astragalus praelongus var. avonensis)

Avon Milkvetch

Avon Milkvetch (Astragalus praelongus var. avonensis)

Astragalus praelongus var. avonensis

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G4T2
State (S-rank): S2

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Phenology

Flowering from April to July.

Species range

Astragalus praelongus var. avonensis is a local endemic to the Utah Great Basin and is found in Iron, Beaver, and Millard counties.

Threats or limiting factors

This variety has been impacted in the installation of a natural gas pipeline. Other threats include disturbances and habitat destruction from ATV use, grazing, and mining activities.

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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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