Fish Slough milkvetch

Photo By/Credit

Robyn Gerstenslager/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/26/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Fish Slough milkvetch is federally listed as threatened. This plant is in the legume family and is found along 6 mile stretch of salt flats near Bishop, CA known as Fish Slough. This milkvetch grows in a desert wetland. Climate change and competition from nonnative plants pose challenges to recovery.
Ecosystem
Wetland
Subject tags
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Plants
Wetlands