Fish Slough milkvetch

A close up image of a very small lavender colored flower.

Photo By/Credit

Robyn Gerstenslager/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

07/26/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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Fish Slough milkvetch is federally listed as threatened. This plant is in the legume family and is found along 6 mile stretch of salt flats near Bishop, CA known as Fish Slough. This milkvetch grows in a desert wetland. Climate change and competition from nonnative plants pose challenges to recovery.

Partner(s)

Bureau of Land Management

Facility

Reno Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Astragalus lentiginosus var. piscinensis

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Plants

Wetlands

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