Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Oxytropis > Oxytropis campestrisOxytropis campestris (northern yellow locoweed; field locoweed; white smallflower pointloco; Feld-Spitzkiel; Yellow Oxytropis)Synonyms: Aragallus campestris (homotypic); Aragallus johanniensis; Astragalus campestris (heterotypic); Astragalus campestris alpinus; Oxytropis alpina; Oxytropis campestris alpina; Oxytropis campestris linnaeana; Oxytropis campestris oblongifolia (homotypic); Oxytropis luteola; Oxytropis olympica; Oxytropis villosa; Phaca campestris (homotypic); Spiesia campestris (homotypic); Tragacantha campestris (homotypic) Language: French; Russian Oxytropis campestris, the field locoweed, is a plant native to the Northwestern United States and all Canada, sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. It is found in prairies, woods, and meadows, and prefers gravelly and rocky slopes, where it grows most abundantly. The plant has numerous variants. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium |  | | Height [2] | 8 inches (.2 m) | | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Structure [4] | Herb | | | Light Preference [3] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [3] | Infertile | | Soil Moisture [3] | Mostly Dry |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Beinn a`Ghlo |
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19978 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Ben Nevis |
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23023 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve |
Ib |
2823882 |
Alaska, United States |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Caenlochan |
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12860 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Ib |
184461 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
591068 |
Alaska, United States |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area |
V |
103172 |
Washington, United States |
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Noatak Biosphere Reserve |
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7500143 |
Alaska, United States |
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Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve |
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277252 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Tatry |
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51937 |
Poland |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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