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Eriogonum ampullaceum

J.T. Howell

Mono Buckwheat

G3Vulnerable Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160977
Element CodePDPGN08080
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderPolygonales
FamilyPolygonaceae
GenusEriogonum
Other Common Names
Mono buckwheat (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.
Conservation Status
Review Date1999-05-27
Change Date1987-08-06
Edition Date1999-05-27
Edition AuthorsGries, D.
Rank Reasons
Eriogonum ampullaceum is rare to infrequent in sandy places in the Great Basin in Mono County, California, and adjacent Mineral County, Nevada. In Nevada, there are two extant occurrences recorded. In Nevada, threats are livestock use and water diversions. The global rank of this species may be estimated based on unrecorded information in Nevada's files, and so may not correspond with the number of stated occurrences.
Range Extent Comments
Known from the Great Basin in Mono County, California, and Mineral and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada (Reveal 1989 and Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).
Occurrences Comments
In Nevada, there are records for two extant occurrences (Nevada Natural Heritage Program 1999).
Threat Impact Comments
In Nevada, threats are livestock use and water diversions (Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows in sandy places (Reveal 1989). In Nevada, habitat is restricted to seasonally moist sandy soil around alkaline desert springs (Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS1Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
California (3)
AreaForestAcres
Excelsior (CA)Inyo National Forest45,607
Glass MountainInyo National Forest52,867
Mt. JacksonHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest20,721
References (4)
  1. 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.
  2. Morefield, Jim. Personal Communication. Botanist, Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Carson City, Nevada.
  3. Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 1999. February 19-last update. List of sensitive plants. Online. Available: http://www.state.nv.us/nvnhp/sensplnt.htm. Accessed 1999, June 3.
  4. Reveal, J.L. 1989a. Eriogonoid flora of California (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae). Phytologia 66: 295-414.