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Penstemon personatus

Keck

Closed-throated Beardtongue

G2Imperiled Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G2ImperiledGlobal Rank

HighThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142053

Element CodePDSCR1L4Y0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPlantaginales

FamilyPlantaginaceae

GenusPenstemon

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x

Review Date2013-05-02

Change Date1987-08-06

Edition Date2013-02-15

Edition AuthorsD. Gries (1997), rev. A. Treher, R. Bittman, & A. Sessums (2013)

Threat ImpactHigh

Range Extent1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences6 - 80

Rank Reasons

Endemic to California: Penstemon personatus occurs in Butte, Plumas, Nevada, and Sierra Counties. Threats include road maintenance, intensive logging activities, ORV use, grazing, herbicide-use, and fire suppression.

Range Extent Comments

Occurs in the northern Sierra Nevada Range in Butte, Plumas, Nevada, and Sierra Counties in California (Coppoletta et al. 2010). Area of the minimum convex polygon, range extent, is 284 sq km.

Occurrences Comments

Twenty-three EOs (11 last surveyed sometime before 1993 and 12 surveyed since 1993. Some EOs based on herbarium specimens and have never been thoroughly surveyed (CNDDB 2013).

Threat Impact Comments

Threats include road maintenance, intensive logging activities, ORV use, grazing, herbicide-use, and fire suppression. The species was found to tolerate logging activities of a moderate intensity (Coppoletta et al. 2010 and CNDDB 2013).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Conifer forests (Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest), often moist and with a substantial Shasta red fir component. In semi-shade or open places, such as dry hillsides, forest openings and edges, and disturbed places such as clearcuts and roadsides; sometimes within Montane Chaparral areas. Often on metavolcanic substrates. 1065 - 2120 m.

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandForest - ConiferForest EdgeShrubland/chaparral

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN2

Province	Rank	Native
California	S2	Yes

Threat Assessments

Threat	Scope	Severity	Timing
4 - Transportation & service corridors	Restricted (11-30%)	Unknown	High (continuing)
4.1 - Roads & railroads	Restricted (11-30%)	Unknown	High (continuing)
5 - Biological resource use	Large (31-70%)	Serious - slight	High - low
5.3 - Logging & wood harvesting	Large (31-70%)	Extreme - moderate	High - low
6 - Human intrusions & disturbance	Negligible (<1%)	Unknown	Unknown
6.1 - Recreational activities	Negligible (<1%)	Unknown	Unknown
7 - Natural system modifications	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
7.1 - Fire & fire suppression	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
8 - Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases	Negligible (<1%)	Moderate - slight	Unknown
9 - Pollution	Small (1-10%)	Serious - slight	Unknown

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bucks Lake	Plumas National Forest	680
Middle Fork	Plumas National Forest	29,278
Middle Yuba	Tahoe National Forest	7,379

References (10)

CalFlora. 2005. Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [web application]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/. (Accessed 2005)
California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2001. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California (sixth edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor. California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. x + 388pp.
California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2013. RareFind Version 4. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento.
Coppoletta, M., Kyle Merriam, Colin Dillingham, and Linnea Hanson. 2010. The effect of timber management activities on <i>Penstemon personatus </i>on the Plumas National Forest. Available online: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/hfqlg/monitoring/resource_reports/vegetation_and_botany/Closed-lip%20Penstemon%20frequency%20data%20analysis%202010.pdf. Accessed 15 Feb 2013.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
Nakamura, G., and J. K. Nelson, eds. 2001. Illustrated field guide to selected rare plants of northern California. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources publication 3395, Oakland, CA. 370 pp.
Oswald, V.H., and L. Ahart. 1994. Manual of the vascular plants of Butte County, California. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 348 pp.
Skinner, M.W., and B.M. Pavlik, eds. 1997 (1994). Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 1997 Electronic Inventory Update of 1994 5th edition, California Native Plant Society, Special Publication No. 1, Sacramento.

Penstemon personatus

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