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Acmispon glaber (California Broom; Deer Clover; Wild Alfalfa; Wild Broom)

Synonyms: Anisolotus glaber (homotypic); Hosackia glabra (homotypic); Lotus glaber (heterotypic); Lotus scoparius var. scoparius; Syrmatium glabrum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California, Arizona, and Mexico. It is commonly found in many areas including chaparral, coastal sand and roadsides at elevations below 1500 m.
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Infraspecies

Acmispon glaber glaber
Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus (Attributes)
Acmispon glaber var. glaber

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [3]  0.74
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Ecosystems

Predators

Peromyscus californicus (California mouse)[4]
Peromyscus eremicus (cactus mouse)[5]
Phenacoccus eriogoni (cerarii mealybug)[6]
Puto californicus (California Puto mealybug)[6]
Rhizoecus bicirculus (trinity ground mealybug)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4Peromyscus californicus, Joseph F. Merritt, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 85, pp. 1-6 (1978)
♦ 5Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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