Astragalus sinicus

Basic information
Scientific name	Astragalus sinicus	Click to magnify
Common names	Chinese vetch,Milk vetch
Higher taxon	Fabaceae, Fabales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	Continental China.
Habitat	Crop field, grassland, rice field, urban area.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Almost entire Japan
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Middle 19C or earlier. There is a record in 1709.
Route	Deliberate: As green manure, pasture plant, nectar soruce, and landscape plant.
Impact	Competition with native plants. Accumulation of nitrogen in the soil. Native organism(s) affected: Native plants.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Unknown.

Reference	Notes
Hotta et al. (1989) Useful Plants of the World. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Satake et al. (1982) Wild Flowers of Japan, Herbaceous Plants [II]. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Shimizu (ed) (2003) Naturalized Plants of Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.