Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Astragalus miser
Family
Fabaceae
CommonName
forest milk-vetch
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1935
LatestDate
2019
Ecosystem
foothill, montane, subalpine
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos
Counties
Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
Cochetopa, Los Pinos, South
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
Of this unassuming milkvetch ("miser" means pitiful), there is only one collection from the east side of the Valley (near La Veta pass), but it is rather common on the west side, often among trees and in forest openings. Except for a few collections from Rio Arriba Co in New Mexico, the Watershed occurrences lie on the southernmost edge of the USA range, which covers the Rocky Mountain up to the Canadian border, all of Utah, and southeast Nevada and north Arizona.