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Astragalus cobrensis

Gray

Copper Mine Milkvetch

G4Apparently Secure Found in 12 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.156778

Element CodePDFAB0F260

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderFabales

FamilyFabaceae

GenusAstragalus

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date1996-09-05

Change Date1996-09-05

Edition Date1991-03-27

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn

Rank Reasons

Range limited to southeastern Arizona and western New Mexico (Barneby, 1964).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This taxon grows in sandy or gravelly, dry creek beds, banks, canyon sides, generally dry, open slopes with oak, juniper, and pine woodlands, or with walnut or oak in ponderosa pine forests in the United States (Isely 1998, FNA 2023). Plants are found in pinyon pine/alligator juniper, alligator juniper/mixed oak, apache pine/ponderosa, pine and pine/oak woodlands (Arizona Game and Fish Department 1999, Arizona Rare Plant Committee 2001). In Mexico, it is found near riparian vegetation and is associated with elm, mesquite, and sycamore (Catillon et al. 2023).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandForest - HardwoodForest - ConiferWoodland - HardwoodWoodland - ConiferWoodland - Mixed

Palustrine Habitats

Riparian

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	S2	Yes
New Mexico	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (12)

Arizona (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hell Hole	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	15,512
Hellsgate	Tonto National Forest	6,171
Lower San Francisco	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	59,310
Pipestem	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	34,598

New Mexico (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
1978 Administratively Endorsed Wilderness Proposal	Gila National Forest	4,286
Contiguous To Black & Aldo Leopold Wilderness	Gila National Forest	111,883
Contiguous To Gila Wilderness & Primitive Area	Gila National Forest	79,049
Devils Creek	Gila National Forest	89,916
Frisco Box	Gila National Forest	38,979
Hell Hole	Gila National Forest	19,553
Meadow Creek	Gila National Forest	34,167
Sawyers Peak	Gila National Forest	59,743

References (6)

Arizona Game and Fish Department. 1999. Astragalus cobrensis var maguirei. Unpublished abstract compiled and edited by the Heritage Data Management System, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. 3 pp. [http://www.azgfd.gov/pdfs/w_c/hdms/Plants/Astrcoma.fo.pdf]
Arizona Rare Plant Committee. 2001. Arizona rare plant field guide: a collaboration of agencies and organizations. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. Online. Available: http://www.aznps.com/rareplants.php (Accessed 2013).
Castillon, E.E., Quintanilla, J.A.V., Delgado-Salinas, A. and J. P. Rebman. 2023. The genus Astragalus (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Galegeae) in Mexico. Phytotaxa 586(1):1-162.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2023. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 11. Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae, parts 1+2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvii + 1108 pp.
Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University; MLBM Press, Provo, Utah. 1007 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.