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Oreocarya sobolifera

(Payson) R.B. Kelley

Creeping Oreocarya

GNRUnranked Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1238034

Element CodePDBOR0A3S0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderLamiales

FamilyBoraginaceae

GenusOreocarya

Synonyms

Cryptantha soboliferaPayson

Concept Reference

Hasenstab-Lehman, K.E., R.B. Kelley, and M.G. Simpson. 2021. Oreocarya, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 9. Online. Available: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=68980 (accessed June 2022).

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for Oreocarya sobolifera (syn. Cryptantha sobolifera) in the narrow sense, excluding Oreocarya schoolcraftii (syn. Cryptantha schoolcraftii), Oreocarya hypsophila (syn. Cryptantha hypsophila), and Oreocarya subretusa (syn. Cryptantha subretusa).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	S4	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (9)

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boulder - White Clouds	Salmon-Challis National Forest	139,297
Boulder - White Clouds	Sawtooth National Forest	322,653

Montana (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Anaconda Hill	Helena National Forest	18,546
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan	Helena National Forest	51,360
Line Creek Plateau	Custer National Forest	24,825
Mt. Gmt Area H	Custer National Forest	1,335
Proposed Line Creek Prna	Custer National Forest	389

Wyoming (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Beartooth Proposed Wilderness	Shoshone National Forest	16,837
South Beartooth Highway	Shoshone National Forest	105,570

References (4)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). In Press. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 15. Magnoliophyta: Fouquieriaceae to Boraginaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.
Hasenstab-Lehman, K.E., R.B. Kelley, and M.G. Simpson. 2021. <i>Oreocarya</i>, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 9. Online. Available: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=68980 (accessed June 2022).
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.
Meyers, S.C., T. Jaster, K.E. Mitchell, T. Harvey, and L.K. Hardison, editors. 2020. Flora of Oregon. Volume 2: Dicots A-F. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX. 861 pp.