Astragalus phoenix Barneby

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Astragalus phoenix Barneby

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Reveal 1434, 30 Jun 1968

  • Location

    United States of America. Nevada. Nye Co. Ash Meadows, south of Point of Rock Springs, east of Jack Rabbit Spring. Amargosa Drainage Basin.

  • Habitat

    Vegetation Type: Atriplex. On alkaline soils.

  • Description

    Plants forming hummocks; frs densely white-tomentose. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Specimen Notes

    Species listed as Vulnerable (V) in 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. This species on the U.S. Federal Endangered Species List (Threatened).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 32851

    Occurrence ID: 3148b36b-e4f7-4754-a4cc-611762500186

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Astragalus phoenix Barneby det D. Isely, 1979

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Nevada

  • County/Municipio

    Nye Co.

  • Locality

    Ash Meadows, south of Point of Rock Springs, east of Jack Rabbit Spring. Amargosa Drainage Basin.

  • Township, Range, Section

    T18S, R51E, S18

  • Elevation

    Alt. 725 m. (2379 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    36.38, -116.27

  • Georeferencing Method

    TRS Conversion Calculator. Used TRS2LL tool (defunct, now: TRS-data conversion tool, Montana State University, www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html) to convert TRS coordinates (Township, Range, Section; Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees.

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ANNOTATION
Astragalus
Dugne Isely, 197“^
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U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION’S NEVADA TEST SITE
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County Nye
Scientific Name Astragalus phoenix Bameby
Family Leguminosae	Collector J. L. Reveal 1434
Date Collected 30 June 1968 Det. By JR
Drainage Basin AmargOSa	Elevation 2380 ft.
Vegetation Type Atriplex
Location and Other Ash Meadows, on alkaline soils so. of
Point of Rocks Spgs, e. of Jack Rabbit Spg, Sec. 18
T 18 S, R 51 E. Pis forming hummocks; frs densely
white-tomentose.
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