Seek and You Might Find! U.S. Forest Service Botanists Locate
and Work to Protect a New Population of Federally Threatened
Fassett's Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea)
Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea). Photo
by Steven Spickerman. Fassett's locoweed habitat on the
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Photo by Steven Spickerman.
Annual monitoring includes invasive plant control such as hand
pulling of Canada thistle in Fassett's habitat. Photo by Steven
Spickerman. Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var.
chartacea). Photo by Wisconsin DNR. Fassett's locoweed is a rare
member of the legume family geographically limited to the state
of Wisconsin. This species was listed as threatened by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service in 1988 and is listed as endangered by
the Wisconsin Bureau of Endangered Resources. Fassett's locoweed
was first observed and described in northwest Wisconsin in 1928
in Bayfield County. This site was last observed in 1934.
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