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§1 Plant
Astragalus canadensis L.
vernacular Canadian milkvetch — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Astragalus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 157 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 175 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Low
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 270,500
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 157 counties across 11 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Benton 05007
- Cleburne 05023
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Boone 21015
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Floyd 21071
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Robertson 21201
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Carroll 51035
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASCA11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5345439 ↗Record version
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