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Narthecium californicum

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California Bog Asphodel

G4Apparently Secure (G4?) Found in 24 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128433
Element CodePMLIL1L020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderDioscoreales
FamilyNartheciaceae
GenusNarthecium
Other Common Names
California bog asphodel (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
Review Date1998-01-11
Change Date1998-01-13
Edition Date1998-01-13
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C. (1991), rev. L. Morse (1998)
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
California and Oregon; "common in wet meadows and streams in the Klamath Region and the North Coast Ranges, as well as the Sierra Nevada" (Fiedler, 1996).
Range Extent Comments
North coast ranges & Sierra Nevada in CA & OR.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Wet meadows and banks 2500-5000 ft in Montane Coniferous forests.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (24)
California (22)
AreaForestAcres
Bonanza KingShasta-Trinity National Forest16,402
Castle Crags AShasta-Trinity National Forest113
Castle Crags BShasta-Trinity National Forest1,619
DardanellesEldorado National Forest8,110
East YubaTahoe National Forest17,968
KangarooKlamath National Forest40,617
KellySix Rivers National Forest5,195
Kings RiverSierra National Forest52,999
Lake EleanorShasta-Trinity National Forest397
Middle ForkPlumas National Forest29,278
Middle YubaTahoe National Forest7,379
Mt. EddyShasta-Trinity National Forest7,232
North Fork SmithSix Rivers National Forest37,898
Orleans Mtn.Klamath National Forest49,090
PacksaddleSix Rivers National Forest3,862
PyramidEldorado National Forest24,347
RussianKlamath National Forest21,771
San JoaquinSierra National Forest22,474
ShuteyeSierra National Forest7,313
Siskiyou BSix Rivers National Forest18,871
Slate CreekShasta-Trinity National Forest6,636
SnoozerKlamath National Forest23,414
Oregon (2)
AreaForestAcres
North KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests91,560
South KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests104,477
References (5)
  1. Fiedler, P.L. 1996. Rare Lilies of California. California Native Plant Society Press, Sacramento, California. 154 pp.
  2. 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.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.