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Melampodium longicorne

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Arizona Blackfoot

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144342

Element CodePDAST6B040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusMelampodium

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 Date1997-04-17

Change Date1997-04-17

Edition Date1994-01-04

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 1/94; rev. B. MacBryde 4/2001.

Rank Reasons

Melampodium longicorne is in canyons, on hillsides and streambanks, in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico.

Range Extent Comments

Southeastern Arizona (mountains of Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima counties) and northern Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Canyons, hillsides and streambanks, mainly Upper Sonoran Zone but straggling to margins of the desert; often on limestone, in Arizona at 4000-5500 feet.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Happy Valley	Coronado National Forest	7,972
Tumacacori	Coronado National Forest	44,594

References (3)

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.
Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.