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12-22-2016

Lespedeza leptostachya

Lespedeza leptostachya NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Lespedeza leptostachya ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.Prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya) is a federally threatened prairie plant found only in the tallgrass prairie region of four midwestern states. It is a member of the bean family and a midwestern “endemic” – known only from the tallgrass prairie region of the upper Mississippi River Valley Why be concerned about prairie bush clover?

FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.Lespedeza leptostachya is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names prairie lespedeza and prairie bush-clover. It occurs in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The flowers are creamy-white to purplish and arranged into a narrow terminal spikes.

Detailed information
Full Name: Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 01/09/1987 Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region (Region 3) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Prairie bush-clover, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin
  • US Counties in which the Prairie bush-clover, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Prairie bush-clover, Wherever found is known to occur: Iowa Wetland Management District, Litchfield Wetland Management District, Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Windom Wetland Management District
  • Additional species information
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Prairie bush-clover.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
10/06/1988 Prairie Bush-clover View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
10/06/1988 Prairie Bush-clover View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
12/17/2015 80 FR 78751 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of One Listed Animal and Five Listed Plant Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
03/18/2009 74 FR 11600 11602 Notice of initiation of review; request for information on nine listed Midwestern species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
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