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Kalmiopsis leachiana

(Henderson) Rehd.

Siskiyou Kalmiopsis

G3Vulnerable Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1243077
Element CodePDERI0L030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusKalmiopsis
Other Common Names
Oregon Kalmiopsis (EN)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
This is the narrow concept of Kalmiopsis leachiana, known from the Siskiyou Mountains in Curry and Josephine counties Oregon, following Meinke and Kaye (2007) and Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). As recognized by Kartesz (1999), K. leachiana included both northern (Douglas County, OR) and southern (Curry and Josephine counties, OR) populations. In 2007, Meinke and Kaye proposed to recognize the northern populations as a distinct species, Kalmiopsis fragrans.
Conservation Status
Review Date2005-03-30
Change Date2005-03-30
Edition Date1998-05-14
Edition AuthorsGRIES, D
Rank Reasons
An Oregon endemic genus, Kalmiopsis leachiana is locally common and restricted to mountains in two counties. Potential threats are horticultural collecting and trail construction.
Range Extent Comments
An Oregon endemic genus, restricted to the mountains of Curry and Josephine Counties, in southwest Oregon (Meinke and Kaye 2007).
Threat Impact Comments
Possibly horticultural collecting and trail construction (Meinke, 1982).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Habitat is "open sunny ridges in xeric shrub community or sparse woodland, rooted in shallow or, more often, deeper soils, on a range of substrates, often including ultramafics" (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2009).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandShrubland/chaparral
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
OregonS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Oregon (2)
AreaForestAcres
North KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests91,560
South KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests104,477
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 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. Meinke, R.J. 1982. Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plants of Oregon: An Illustrated Guide. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 326 pp.
  4. Meinke, R. J. and T. N. Kaye. 2007. <i>Kalmiopsis fragrans</i> (Ericaceae), a new distylous species from the southern Cascade mountains of Oregon. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1): 9-19.