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Cymopterus cinerarius

Gray

Gray Wavewing

G3Vulnerable Found in 11 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140562
Element CodePDAPI0U060
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderApiales
FamilyApiaceae
GenusCymopterus
Other Common Names
gray springparsley (EN) Gray Spring-parsley (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 MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2012-08-20
Change Date2012-08-20
Edition Date2012-08-20
Edition AuthorsOliver, L.
Rank Reasons
Restricted to high elevation, rocky mountainous slopes, between 2100 and 3500 m throughout the eastern-most High Sierra Nevada bioregion in California and into the most western portion of Nevada. There are also reports of this species in the Great Basin, California: White and Inyo Mountains and East of the Sierra Nevada bioregions (Baldwin et al. 2011). Little information about its abundance was found, other than that in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Alpine Grasses and Forbs Alliance it can be of major importance where there is marble substrate in open, dry fell-fields where it is found with Phlox condensata (USFS 2009). There are few threats in the areas where this species occurs and 62 collections reported in the Consortium of California Herbaria (pers. comm. R. Bittman 2012).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry, rocky, alpine ridges and slopes in subalpine forests and alpine fell-fields (talus slopes and boulder-strewn areas with little vegetation cover). 2500-3500 m.
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandAlpineBare rock/talus/scree
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS1Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (11)
California (9)
AreaForestAcres
Birch CreekInyo National Forest28,816
Black CanyonInyo National Forest32,421
Boundary Peak (CA)Inyo National Forest210,884
Long MeadowHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest11,967
Mono CratersInyo National Forest7,115
Nevahbe RidgeInyo National Forest302
NightStanislaus National Forest3,173
Sweetwater (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest19,241
Wild Horse Mtn. (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest28,822
Nevada (2)
AreaForestAcres
Boundary Peak (NV)Inyo National Forest21,851
SugarloafInyo National Forest11,534
References (7)
  1. Baldwin, B.G., S. Boyd, D.J. Keil, R.W. Patterson, T.J. Rosatti and D.H. Wilken eds. 2011. Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Online Interchange for California Floristics. Regents of the University of California, Berkeley. Online. Available: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/ (accessed 2011).
  2. Bittman, Roxanne. Personal Communication. Botanist, California Natural Diversity Database, Sacramento, Calif.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2024. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 13. Magnoliophyta: Geraniaceae to Apiaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 566 pp.
  4. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  5. Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 pp.
  6. 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.
  7. U.S. Forest Service (USFS). 2009b. South Sierra Ecological Province. CALVEG Zone 4. Accessed online on: August 20, 2012 at http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_046270.pdf