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Eremogone pumicola

(Coville & Leiberg) Ikonnikov

Crater Lake Sandwort

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148790
Element CodePDCAR040N2
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
GenusEremogone
Synonyms
Arenaria pumicolaCoville & Leib.Arenaria pumicola var. pumicola
Other Common Names
Crater Lake sandwort (EN)
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.
Taxonomic Comments
Kartesz (1999) includes Arenaria pumicola var. californica in A. aculeata, thus A. pumicola var. pumicola accepted by Kartesz (1994) is A. pumicola of Kartesz (1999). FNA (Vol. 5, 2005) follows this same treatment except that it moves the species to Eremogone.
Conservation Status
Review Date2006-07-11
Change Date2006-07-11
Edition Date2006-07-11
Edition AuthorsTomaino, A.
Rank Reasons
Endemic to southwestern Oregon. Habitat is areas with loose pumice (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2005).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
OregonS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Oregon (3)
AreaForestAcres
Mt. JeffersonDeschutes National Forest2,282
Mt. BaileyUmpqua National Forest18,401
SherwoodUmpqua National Forest2,449
References (3)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
  2. 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.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.