Alpine Milk Vetch (Astragalus alpinus)

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: sandy or gravelly sparsely wooded lakeshores surrounded by a variety of forest types

Habitat Classification
WI NHI:
Curtis: Fluctuating Lake Shore
Kotar:
Forest Cover:

Range: Bayfield

Comments: Surrounded by a variety of forest cover types; could be affected by forest management; buffer zones are suggested.

Phenology: begins to flower in mid-April, usually soon after spring thaw, and continues to produce flowers and ripen fruit
at least through August

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.2:419/p.2:419
Gleason 1963, p.423
Gleason 1991, p.283