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Bassia scoparia

(L.) A.J. Scott

Mexican Fireweed

GNRUnranked Found in 46 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147028

Element CodePDCHE0E040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyAmaranthaceae

GenusBassia

Synonyms

Kochia scoparia(L.) Schrad.

Other Common Names

Burningbush (EN) burningbush (EN) Common Kochia (EN) Kochia à balais (FR) Mexican Summer-cypress (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.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 4) treats this as Kochia scoparia.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Delaware	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (46)

Arizona (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Burro Canyon	Kaibab National Forest	19,928
Hell Hole	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	15,512
Lower San Francisco	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	59,310

California (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Damon Butte	Modoc National Forest	25,022
Granite Peak	San Bernardino National Forest	450
Mystic (CA)	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	836
Salt Creek	Angeles National Forest	11,022

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Italian Peak	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	141,158
Lemhi Range	Salmon-Challis National Forest	308,533

Montana (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Garfield Mountain	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	41,891
Italian Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	90,401

Nevada (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mt. Etna	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	20,527
Mystic (NV)	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	5,644
South Schell	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	125,614

New Mexico (11)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bull Canyon	Carson National Forest	11,512
Caja	Santa Fe National Forest	5,304
Canones Creek	Santa Fe National Forest	3,938
Gila Box	Gila National Forest	23,759
Hell Hole	Gila National Forest	19,553
Nichols Reservoir	Santa Fe National Forest	1,518
Poverty Creek	Gila National Forest	8,770
Pueblo Mesa	Santa Fe National Forest	3,540
Thompson Peak	Santa Fe National Forest	33,001
Wahoo Mountain	Gila National Forest	23,122
Youngsville	Santa Fe National Forest	6,122

North Dakota (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Long X Divide	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	10,099
Tracy Mountain	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	9,756

Oregon (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Deadhorse	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	10,690
Hellhole	Umatilla National Forest	65,679
Imnaha Face	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	29,575
Sheep Divide	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	16,201

Utah (9)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boulder Mtn. / Boulder Top / Deer Lake	Dixie National Forest	110,690
Cottonwood	Dixie National Forest	6,754
Flat Canyon	Fishlake National Forest	8,663
Mt. Logan North	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	18,930
Mt. Logan West	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	5,285
Right Hand Fork Logan	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	15,023
Signal Peak	Fishlake National Forest	30,889
Stansbury Mountains	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	39,696
Wellsville	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	1,717

Washington (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Canyon	Okanogan National Forest	9,681
Slide Ridge	Wenatchee National Forest	11,430

Wyoming (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Phillips Ridge	Bridger-Teton National Forest	10,108
Salt River Range	Bridger-Teton National Forest	235,661
Wapiti Valley North	Shoshone National Forest	18,345
Wapiti Valley South	Shoshone National Forest	43,517

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
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.
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.