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Scientific Name, Common Name
Scientific Name: Common Name: Also Called: Family:Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family
Synonyms: ()
Status:Native Duration:
Use this code for Annual
Annual
Use this code for Biennial
Biennial
Use this code for Perennial
Perennial
Use this code for Annual, Biennial or Perennial
Annual, biennial or perennial. Size: Growth Form:Forb/herb;
Leaves: Flower Color: Flowering Season: Elevation: Habitat Preferences: Recorded Range:
U.S. Weed Information: No information available. OR Genus species is listed in: Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide, Weeds of the Northeast, Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains, Weeds of the United States and Canada, and Weeds of the West. Plants included here may become weedy or invasive.
Invasive/Noxious Weed Information: No information available. OR Genus species is listed as a Noxious Weed by the federal government and/or a State. Plants included here are invasive or noxious.
Wetland Indicator: No information available. or In North America species has the following wetland designations; Arid West, FACU; Great Plains, UPL; Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast FACU.
FACW, Facultative Wetland, usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands
FAC, Facultative, occur in wetlands and non-wetlands
FACU, Facultative Upland, usually occur in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands
UPL, Obligate Upland, almost never occur in wetlands
OBL, Obligate Wetland, almost always occur in wetlands
Threatened/Endangered Information: No information available.
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The roots of Mexican Yellowshow have been used for food and traded by southwestern Native Americans. See ethno-botanical uses at Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan, Dearborn.
