jacobfpenner's Identifications

There are a lot of milkvetches in North America, especially in the western US. Luckily, we only have two species in Douglas County, and the other one (Astragalus crassicarpus; ground-plum) has purplish flowers. Some milkvetch species accumulate selenium and can be rather poisonous to cattle (and other animals that might eat them); this is not one of them.

On northeast facing slope near conjunction of two streams. 5 individual clusters seen on same slope. Has been observed here multiple consecutive years.

There is a prior documented record of Polystichum acrostichoides collected in Douglas County at a location approximately 3 miles south of here in 1977.