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Coastal Dunes Milkvetch (Astragalus tener var. titi)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Fabaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 156430
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 02/10/1987

Description:

annual herb

Where is Coastal Dunes Milkvetch (Astragalus tener var. titi) located in the wild?

Habitat:

on bottoms or sides of the swales growing in association with other low growing grasses and herbs. relatively flat coastal terrace within 100 ft. of the ocean. Loamy fine sands comprise a series of shalllow swales

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Coastal Dunes Milkvetch can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Coastal Dunes Milkvetch (Astragalus tener var. titi)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 1 accessions of Astragalus tener var. titi in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 5 accessions of Astragalus tener var. titi in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 4361 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Astragalus tener var. titi from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 5 seed accessions of Astragalus tener var. titi from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 247 maternal plants

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Currently presumed extant at only one site on the Monterey Peninsula in California. Historical locations from Los Angeles and San Diego counties are known, but repeated searches have failed to relocate them and very little, if any, suitable habitat remains in these areas due to heavy urbanization, naval amphibious vehicle training exercises, and recreational development. One extant population varies greatly in size from year to year. It has been bisected by a road (which may have altered the local hydrology) and is now sandwiched between a horse trail that runs next to a golfing green and the edge of the ocean bluffs. These remaining plants face threats from trampling by hikers, picnickers and others, and from agressive, rapidly spreading non-native plant species. The remaining site is not protected.

01/01/2010

threatened by one or more of the following: alteration, destruction, and fragmentation of habitat resulting from urban and golf course developemtn; recreationsl activities; highway widening; military activities, competition with non-native species

01/01/2010

1 known site. A total of 4000individuals in 11 scattered colonies along a 17-mile drive on th western edge of the Monterey Peninsula