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Wyethia helenioides

(DC.) Nutt.

Gray Mule's-ears

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147472

Element CodePDAST9X070

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusWyethia

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 Date1993-07-02

Change Date1993-07-02

Edition Date1993-07-02

Edition AuthorsStoner, N.

Range Extent Comments

OR (East Cascades and Harney county). To WA, MT, WY, CA (Sierra foothills from Eldorado to Mariposa, Sutter Butte,s coast ranges from Tehana and Mendocino to San Luis Obispo counties).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry stony ground. Open fields and sunny woodland borders, grassland, foothill woods, yellow pine forest, up to 6000 feet.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Butte	Los Padres National Forest	5,116
Black Butte	Mendocino National Forest	15,461
Grindstone	Mendocino National Forest	26,031

References (4)

Hitchcock, C.L., and A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington. 730 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.
Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
Peck, M.E. 1961. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. 2nd edition. Binsford & Mort, Portland, Oregon. 936 pp.