Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131230
Element CodePMLIL0V060
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderLiliales
FamilyLiliaceae
GenusFritillaria
SynonymsFritillaria phaeantheraEastw.
Concept ReferenceKartesz, 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.
Taxonomic CommentsThe distinctiveness of this taxon is in question (Roxanne Bittman, California Natural Diversity Database, June 2000).
Conservation Status
Review Date2005-08-24
Change Date1997-03-18
Edition Date2005-08-24
Edition AuthorsD. Gries, R. Bittman 2005
Threat ImpactVery high - high
Range Extent1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank ReasonsFritillaria eastwoodiae suffers from taxonomic difficulties and multiple threats. Although 101 EO's are known (2005), 41 are historical and about 31 are ranked good or better. Threats include logging, shading out, recreation and more. About 3800 plants are known from all known sites; most populations are small.
Range Extent CommentsClumps of populations occur in several Sierra Nevada counties including El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Butte, Tehama and Shasta. Estimated range is 685 sq mi. Also reported in Oregon (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2002).
Occurrences Comments101 element occurrences, but over 40 are historical. Since the historical EO's occur mostly on USFS lands, some may still actually be extant. However, FS Botanist, Linnea Hanson, states that the forests are growing thicker in canopy over the years and may be shading out the populations too. There is also discussion (ongoing) about the taxonomy and whether all the currently mapped CNDDB occurrences are really F. eastwoodiae.
Threat Impact CommentsMost sites list threats and in order of importance they are: logging, timber harvest related activities such as road maintenance, shading out by successional processes, recreation, energy projects, mining and development.