Astragalus anserinus
Encyclopedia
Astragalus anserinus, also called the Goose Creek milkvetch, is a member of the genus Astragalus
that is listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act
. It grows in a 10 square miles (25.9 km²) area of the Goose Watershed of the Upper Snake Basin
in Idaho, Nevada and Utah,
Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
that is listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and...
. It grows in a 10 square miles (25.9 km²) area of the Goose Watershed of the Upper Snake Basin
Snake River
The Snake is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean...
in Idaho, Nevada and Utah,
External links
- The Nature Conservancy
- Atwood, N. D., et al. (1984). New Astragalus (Leguminosae) from the Goose Creek drainage Utah-Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist.