Fish Slough Milkvetch

Fish Slough milkvetch is a perennial member of the pea family, and found only in a 6-mile stretch of salt flats near Fish Slough, a desert wetland in Inyo and Mono counties, near Bishop, California. Fish slough milk vetch has been listed as threatened since 1998. It requires alkaline and seasonally moist soil and is threatened by habitat destruction from off highway vehicle, mismanaged cattle grazing, competition from non-native plants and changes to the water table. 

You can see more of this rare plant by viewing our Fish Slough milkvetch imagery.