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Aquilegia eximia

Van Houtte ex Planch.

Van Houtte's Columbine

G3Vulnerable (G3?) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135326
Element CodePDRAN05090
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderRanunculales
FamilyRanunculaceae
GenusAquilegia
Other Common Names
Van Houtte's columbine (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 Date2007-02-12
Change Date1998-01-22
Edition Date2007-02-12
Edition AuthorsG. Davis
Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
Range Extent Comments
Endemic to California in the North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, and the western Western Transverse Ranges (Hickman 1993). Bioregions of occurrence highlighted by Hickman cover 30,000 square miles although the actual extent could be less than this.
Occurrences Comments
Aquilegia eximia is not tracked so there are no element occurrence records for it. There are 40 accession records in the Consortium of California Herbaria database as of Feb. 2007, only 9 of which were collected since 1980.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Seeps, moist ravines, often serpentine soils, mixed-evergreen or coniferous forest, 100-1800 meters.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
California (3)
AreaForestAcres
Big Butte ShinboneSix Rivers National Forest1,102
East BeegumShasta-Trinity National Forest8,425
Snow MountainMendocino National Forest14,457
References (2)
  1. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  2. 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.