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Camassia scilloides

(Raf.) Cory

Wild Hyacinth

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139874

Element CodePMLIL0E050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderAsparagales

FamilyAsparagaceae

GenusCamassia

Other Common Names

Atlantic camas (EN) Atlantic Camas (EN) Camassie faux-scille (FR) Eastern Camas (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

Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2

Review Date2022-10-07

Change Date2022-10-07

Edition Date2022-10-28

Edition AuthorsTreher (2022), rev. SE RSGCN Workshop (2022)

Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Rank Reasons

Camassia scilloides is a perennial herb that occurs in the midwestern and eastern United States, largely to the west of the Blue Ridge from western Pennsylvania and southern Ontario, west to Wisconsin and Kansas, and south to Georgia and Texas. While rare in the east part of its range, this species is common in multiple states.

Range Extent Comments

Camassia scilloides occurs in the midwestern and eastern United States largely to the west of the Blue Ridge from western Pennsylvania and southern Ontario, west to Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and south to Georgia and Texas (Weakley and Southeastern Flora Team 2022). Range extent was estimated with GeoCAT using occurrence and photo based observation data (Bachman et al. 2011, GBIF 2022, iNaturalist 2022, SEINet 2022).

Occurrences Comments

Based on NatureServe Network occurrence data, herbarium records, photo-based observations, and field observations, there are likely over 300 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2022, iNaturalist 2022, NatureServe 2022, SEINet 2022, Weakley and Southeastern Flora Team 2022). It is observed to be frequent in Arkansas, Oklahoma (25 counties), Missouri, and Tennessee (SE RSGCN Workshop 2022).

Threat Impact Comments

Somewhat threatened by land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, and forest management practices (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species occurs in prairies, moist forests, slopes, savannahs, glades, and woodlands at elevations of 100 to 1,000 m (Weakley and Southeastern Flora Team 2022, FNA 2002a).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandSavannaGrassland/herbaceous

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN1

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S1	Yes

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Maryland	SNA	No
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S1	Yes
Virginia	S1	Yes
Mississippi	S2	Yes
Illinois	S3	Yes
Louisiana	S3	Yes
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	SNR	Yes
Iowa	S2	Yes
Georgia	S2	Yes
Wisconsin	S2	Yes
Michigan	S2	Yes
District of Columbia	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S2	Yes
Kansas	S4	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Missouri	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S4	Yes
Indiana	S4	Yes
West Virginia	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (6)

Arkansas (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
East Fork	Ozark-St. Francis National Forest	13,037
Little Blakely	Ouachita National Forest	3,342

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Stone Mountain	Cherokee National Forest	5,367

Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Jerkemtight	George Washington National Forest	16,687
Oliver Mountain	George Washington National Forest	13,090

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dry River (WV)	George Washington National Forest	7,331

References (10)

Bachman, S., J. Moat, A.W. Hill, J. de la Torre, and B. Scott. Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool. In: Smith, V., and L. Penev (Eds). 2011. e-Infrastructures for data publishing in biodiversity science. ZooKeys 150:117-126. Version BETA. Accessed online: http://geocat.kew.org/editor
Crabtree, Todd. Personal communication. Botanist, Tennessee Division of Natural Areas, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation, Nashville, TN.
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.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2022. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2022).
iNaturalist. 2022. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2022).
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.
NatureServe. 2022. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
Southeastern Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need Workshop (SE RSGCN Workshop). 2022. Jon Ambrose, Keith Bradley, Malissa Briggler, John Burkhart, Emily Coffey, Todd Crabtree, Amanda Eberly, Margie Dent, Chris Doffitt, Bruce Hoagland, Amy Jenkins, Wesley Knapp, Stephanie Koontz, Lisa Kruse, David Lincicome, Gemma Milly, Sarah Norris, Carrie Radcliffe, Hanna Rosner-Katz, Al Schotz, Jason Singhurst, Diana Soteropoulos, Carlee Steppe, Samantha Tessel, John Townsend, Alan Weakley, Brenda Wichmann, and Theo Witsell. Status assessment workshop, Oct. 17-20, 2022, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.
Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2022. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2022).