Participant Info

Species

Astragalus alpinus

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

Alpine milkvetch

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2022

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Los Pinos, Music, South, Spring Creek, Stunner

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, 1.6 air miles NW of Creede 18 Aug 2022

Comments

Although Astragalus alpinus has been collected much more often from the western mountains of the Valley than from the eastern, it is still abundant in all high-elevation meadows, creek banks, and forest edges of the Watershed. Taos Co, New Mexico marks the farthest south of the US distribution, which extends on up the Rockies to the Canadian border, with patches in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon, and the Humboldt Mountains of Nevada.

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