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Phlox idahonis

Wherry

Clearwater Phlox

G1Critically Imperiled Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G1Critically ImperiledGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130999
Element CodePDPLM0D120
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderSolanales
FamilyPolemoniaceae
GenusPhlox
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 Date1996-07-22
Change Date1985-09-06
Rank Reasons
Known from only 8 occurrences, all in Clearwater County, Idaho. All sites have lost habitat due to development (transportation, industrial, and residential) associated with timber harvest. Numerous active and abandoned roads and old logging railroad grades traverse the riparian communities supporting Phlox idahonis.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Occurs in 3 types of habitats, the most common being open meadows dominiated by grasses, but rich in forbs, and surrounded by western redcedar (Thuja plicata) forests. Also in shrub communities dominated by thin-leaf alder (Alnus incana) or alder buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia), and (rarely) in coniferous forests.
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandForest - HardwoodForest - ConiferShrubland/chaparralSavannaGrassland/herbaceous
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN1
ProvinceRankNative
IdahoS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Idaho (1)
AreaForestAcres
Bighorn - WeitasNez Perce-Clearwater National Forest254,845
References (6)
  1. Davis, R.J. 1952. Flora of Idaho. Brigham Young Univ. Press, Provo, UT. 836 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. Moseley, R.K. 1993b. The status and distribution of Christ's Indian paintbrush (<i>Castilleja christii</i>) and Davis' wavewing (<i>Cymopterus davisii</i>) in the Albion Mountains, Sawtooth National Forest and City of Rocks National Reserve. Unpublished report on file at: Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Conservation Data Center, Boisie, Idaho.
  4. Moseley, R.K., and R.C. Crawford. 1995. Fifteen-year population and habitat changes in a narrow Idaho endemic, Phlox idahonis Wherry. Bull. Torrey Botanical Club 122(2): 109-114.
  5. Steele, B., F. Johnson, and S. Brunsfeld, eds. 1981. Vascular plant species of concern in Idaho. Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, ID. 161 pp.
  6. Wherry, E.T. 1941. The phloxes of Idaho. Notulae Naturae 87: 1-15.