species 4,325 observations
Timber Milkvetch
Astragalus miser
Field notes
Astragalus miser, the timber milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. A perennial, it is native to western North America, except California. One of the locoweeds toxic to livestock, it contains miserotoxin.
The Sylix/Okanagan use timber milkvetch blooming as a sign that the edible cambium and inner bark of the lodgepole pine is ready to harvest.
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native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Clouded Sulphur, Silvery Blue, Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur, Mead's Sulphur
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee, Porter's Digger Bee, Scurfy Pea Carder Bee, Osmia integra
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Brown Bear, Harbour Porpoise, Wild Turkey, Greater Sage-Grouse
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Great Basin Bumble Bee, Vancouver Bumble Bee, Monk Longhorn, Hunt's Bumble Bee
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Children
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.