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American Bird's-Foot Trefoil (Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.)

Also classified as Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth..

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Range - Expand

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Native
Expanded
Native or Not Present
Native or Expanded
Expanded or Not Present
Native or Expanded or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

Note that although the range map shows a native population in the Appalachians, this is Acmispon americanus var. helleri, an uncommon variety which is not expanding into new areas; new populations consist of the more abundant, Western Acmispon americanus var. americanus spreading eastward. We mark it as expanded even though the populations consist of isolated populations, because this is a small weedy plant that is not generally cultivated, and there are enough new populations to see a pattern of spread.