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Lilium rubescens

S. Wats.

Lilac Lily

G3Vulnerable Found in 27 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140011
Element CodePMLIL1A0N0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderLiliales
FamilyLiliaceae
GenusLilium
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
Review Date1999-05-14
Change Date1997-03-18
Edition Date1999-05-14
Edition AuthorsGries, D.
Rank Reasons
Lilium rubescens is an uncommon species known along the Coast Ranges in northwestern California, from Marin to Humboldt Counties. The lilac lily is known historically into southern Josephine and Jackson Counties in southern Oregon.
Range Extent Comments
Northwestern California, from Marin to Humboldt Counties, into southern Josephine and Jackson Counties in southern Oregon: Coast ranges (Synge 1980 and Peck 1961).
Occurrences Comments
Historic in Oregon.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry soils in chapparal, gaps in conifer forest, 30-1500 m (Hickman 1993).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSHYes
CaliforniaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (27)
California (27)
AreaForestAcres
Bakeoven RidgeShasta-Trinity National Forest46
Bell QuinbyShasta-Trinity National Forest11,556
Black ButteMendocino National Forest15,461
Bonanza KingShasta-Trinity National Forest16,402
ChinquapinShasta-Trinity National Forest22,040
Cow CreekShasta-Trinity National Forest22,627
CrapoKlamath National Forest1,487
Dog CreekShasta-Trinity National Forest5,001
EagleShasta-Trinity National Forest6,553
East ForkShasta-Trinity National Forest6,201
Fisher Gulch BShasta-Trinity National Forest4,791
Lake EleanorShasta-Trinity National Forest397
Little French CShasta-Trinity National Forest11,529
Orleans Mtn.Klamath National Forest49,090
Orleans Mtn. BSix Rivers National Forest17,183
PattisonShasta-Trinity National Forest29,299
Pilot CreekSix Rivers National Forest9,192
PortugueseKlamath National Forest18,915
RussianKlamath National Forest21,771
Slate CreekShasta-Trinity National Forest6,636
Slide CreekSix Rivers National Forest11,458
SnoozerKlamath National Forest23,414
SoliderSix Rivers National Forest14,918
South ForkShasta-Trinity National Forest16,786
Weaver BallyShasta-Trinity National Forest829
West GirardShasta-Trinity National Forest37,516
Wilderness ContiguousMendocino National Forest3,606
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  3. 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.
  4. Synge, P. M. 1980. Lilies. B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, England. 275 pp.