Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea. Photo by Ursala Peterson.
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea habitat. Photo by Steven Spickerman.
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea range map.
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea, Fassett's locoweed
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
- Listed Threatened 1988
- Recovery Plan 1991 (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Threats
- Development
- Lowered lake levels caused by groundwater depletion by adjacent agricultural wells
- Herbicide and pesticide drift and runoff
- Alteration of habitat from sediment and nutrient runoff from adjacent residential lawns
- Heavy recreational use of the plant’s shoreline habitat, including driving on the shoreline
- Trampling of plants by people and dogs
- Competition from invasive non-native plants