Additional Evaluation of Cultivation Protocols for Use in Outplanting and Recovery Efforts for Applegate's Milkvetch

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Additional Evaluation of Cultivation Protocols for Use in Outplanting and Recovery Efforts for Applegate's Milkvetch: Subject to funds availablity and project selection. Applegate's milk-vetch (Astragalus applegatei) is one of Oregon's rarest and most endangered plant species. Only a few sites remain, all confined to a very local area within or near Klamath Falls, Oregon. All but one of these appear to be declining due to significant habitat deterioration or fragmentation. The establishment of new (or augmented) populations, through the transplanting of individuals cultivated off-site, may be an important tool for maintaining the numbers and distribution of the species. Previous research on the topic has established favorable protocols for A. applegatei seed collection and germination, identified important basic edaphic requirements necessary for its ex situ cultivation (i.e., mycorrhizal/bacterial), and explored methods for selecting potential transplant sites and outplanting cultivated individuals. The federal Recovery Plan for A. applegatei calls for increasing our knowledge of cultivation and outplanting techniques (Task 3.2) as well as the establishment of wild population reserves (Task 1.54), to promote the long-term survival of the species. Earlier field efforts have resulted in stores of viable seed, taken from the smaller extant A. applegatei populations on non-federal land. These were previously used in growing young plants for potential outplanting at suitable sites in the Klamath Falls area. In the 1990's many of these plants died after outplanting attempts (plants used were typically