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Stephanomeria exigua

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Small Skeletonplant

G5Secure Found in 42 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1232987
Element CodePDAST8Z020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusStephanomeria
Other Common Names
small wirelettuce (EN) Small Wire-lettuce (EN) White-plume Wire-lettuce (EN)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Flora North America vol. 19 (2006) includes Stephanomeria schottii a formerly recognized species of conservation concern, as synonymous with S. exigua, a widespread species in the western United States.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2013-04-15
Change Date2000-10-05
Edition Date2000-06-27
Edition AuthorsMacBryde, Bruce, rev. S. Schuetze (2013)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
The species is reported to be common in Hickman (1993); it ranges across much of the western United States, and into Mexico. There are 714 records in SEINet across the southwestern United States and into Sonora, Mexico: 297 (AZ), 165 (CA), 14 (CO), 5 (ID - old records), 64 (NV), 65 (NM), 2 (OR - old records), 81 (UT).
Range Extent Comments
Southwestern United States into Mexico, in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah.
Occurrences Comments
714 records in SEINet across the southwestern United States and into Sonora, Mexico: 297 (AZ), 165 (CA), 14 (CO), 5 (ID - old records), 64 (NV), 65 (NM), 2 (OR - old records), 81 (UT).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WyomingSHYes
New YorkSNANo
ColoradoS3Yes
IdahoSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
ArizonaS4Yes
TexasS1Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (42)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
Horse MesaTonto National Forest9,146
California (36)
AreaForestAcres
Barker ValleyCleveland National Forest11,940
Benton RangeInyo National Forest9,637
Birch CreekInyo National Forest28,816
Black CanyonInyo National Forest32,421
Boundary Peak (CA)Inyo National Forest210,884
Cactus Springs BSan Bernardino National Forest3,106
CalienteCleveland National Forest5,953
ColdwaterCleveland National Forest8,402
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
Cutca ValleyCleveland National Forest14,530
Dexter CanyonInyo National Forest17,053
Eagle PeakCleveland National Forest6,481
Excelsior (CA)Inyo National Forest45,607
Glass MountainInyo National Forest52,867
Granite PeakSan Bernardino National Forest450
Hoover - NorthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest1,574
Horse Creek RidgeSan Bernardino National Forest8,969
Horse Mdw.Inyo National Forest5,687
HortonInyo National Forest5,717
Mt. JacksonHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest20,721
Nevahbe RidgeInyo National Forest302
North MountainStanislaus National Forest7,856
PaiuteInyo National Forest58,712
Pine CreekCleveland National Forest503
Raywood Flat BSan Bernardino National Forest11,373
Red MountainAngeles National Forest8,034
Rouse HillSan Bernardino National Forest13,745
San SevaineSan Bernardino National Forest6,866
Sill HillCleveland National Forest5,294
Soldier CanyonInyo National Forest40,589
South SierraInyo National Forest41,853
SugarloafSan Bernardino National Forest8,206
TinemahaInyo National Forest27,060
Wheeler RidgeInyo National Forest15,744
WildhorseCleveland National Forest1,483
Nevada (4)
AreaForestAcres
Boundary Peak (NV)Inyo National Forest21,851
Chineese Camp (NV)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest15,207
PotosiHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest5,145
Rose - GalenaHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest3,711
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
CottonwoodDixie National Forest6,754
References (5)
  1. Cronquist, A. 1994. Asterales. In A. Cronquist, A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. Intermountain flora: Vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 5. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx. 496 pp.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.