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Acmispon brachycarpus

(Benth.) D.D. Sokoloff

Foot-hill Trefoil

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148547

Element CodePDFAB2A0L0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderFabales

FamilyFabaceae

GenusAcmispon

Synonyms

Anisolotus brachycarpus(Benth.) Rydb.Hosackia brachycarpaBenth.Lotus humistratusGreene

Other Common Names

Colchita (ES)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (2023, vol. 11) recognizes Lotus as native to Eurasia, with taxa native to North American treated as Acmispon or Hosackia. FNA (2023, vol. 11) treats Lotus humistratus in the genus Acmispon as A. brachycarpus. FNA (2023, vol. 11) notes, "Lotus brachycarpus Bentham & Hooker f. ex S. Watson (1878) is an invalid name that pertains here."

Conservation Status

Review Date1991-07-24

Change Date1991-07-24

Edition Date1991-07-24

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Wide ranging; "frequent and abundant" (Isely).

Range Extent Comments

California, s. Oregon, to w. New Mexico and sw Utah; adjacent Mexico.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Coast range grassland and scrub to middle elev.; serpentine, sand bars, rocky, open and disturbed areas (Isely, 1981).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Nevada	S3	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Utah	S3	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (20)

Arizona (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Canyon	Prescott National Forest	10,683
Boulder	Tonto National Forest	40,359
Cimarron Hills	Coconino National Forest	5,303
Galiuro	Coronado National Forest	28,333
Grief Hill	Prescott National Forest	12,535
Hackberry	Coconino National Forest	17,885
Lime Creek	Tonto National Forest	42,568
Mazatzal	Tonto National Forest	16,942

California (12)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bear Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	913
Big Butte Shinbone	Six Rivers National Forest	1,102
Black Butte	Mendocino National Forest	15,461
Deer Mountain	Mendocino National Forest	11,716
Grindstone	Mendocino National Forest	26,031
Kettle Mtn.	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	4,589
Mono	Los Padres National Forest	28,141
North Fork Middle Fork American River	Tahoe National Forest	11,245
Quatal	Los Padres National Forest	7,253
Sawmill - Badlands	Los Padres National Forest	51,362
Solider	Six Rivers National Forest	14,918
Thomes Creek	Mendocino National Forest	16,616

References (2)

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.
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.