PLANTS Profile for Astragalus brazoensis (Brazos milkvetch)

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Astragalus brazoensis Buckley
Brazos milkvetch

Symbol:

ASBR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Astragalus brazoensis Buckley

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Distribution:
Astragalus brazoensis Buckley


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Astragalus brazoensis Buckley

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 419 species in Astragalus

Classification:
Astragalus brazoensis Buckley

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Astragalus L. – milkvetch
Species	Astragalus brazoensis Buckley – Brazos milkvetch

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Astragalus brazoensis Buckley

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Astragalus brazoensis Buckley

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25444.

Time Generated: 11/03/2008 04:40 AM MST