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  • noun Alternative spelling of milk-vetch.

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Examples

  • In addition, there are 15 plant species recommended for consideration as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Sentry milkvetch Astragalus cremnophylax var cremnophylax, is listed as endangered under US statutes.

    Grand Canyon National Park, United States 2009

  • Imagine if we spoke of the threespine sitckleback, the Miami blue butterfly, white abalone, spectacled eider, southwestern willow flycatcher, Holmgren's milkvetch, Pacific pocket mouse, individually and collectively.

    Meat the Press 2006

  • Meanwhile, the agency announced the Goose Creek milkvetch plant warrants protection as an endangered species but won't get it right now because other species have higher listing priority.

    The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

  • Meanwhile, the agency announced the Goose Creek milkvetch plant warrants protection as an endangered species but won't get it right now because other species have higher listing priority.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Meanwhile, the agency announced the Goose Creek milkvetch plant warrants protection as an endangered species but won't get it right now because other species have higher listing priority.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Meanwhile, the agency announced the Goose Creek milkvetch plant warrants protection as an endangered species but won't get it right now because other species have higher listing priority.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Meanwhile, the agency announced the Goose Creek milkvetch plant warrants protection as an endangered species but won't get it right now because other species have higher listing priority.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Oh, yes, we shouldn't forget the importance of Braunton's milkvetch, an endangered plant.

    Thousand Oaks Acorn 2009

  • Among the 29 that federal officials said may need protection are the Yellowstone sand verbena, which only lives on the sandy beaches of Yellowstone Lake, several species of milkvetch in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, and a Midwestern mollusk called the Frigid ambersnail.

    unknown title 2009

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