Roadless Areas
Home/Species/ Red-wool Saxifrage

Micranthes rufidula

Small

Red-wool Saxifrage

G5Secure (G5?) Found in 14 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138557
Element CodePDSAX0U1H0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderRosales
FamilySaxifragaceae
GenusMicranthes
Synonyms
Saxifraga rufidula(Small) Macoun
Other Common Names
Rusty-hair Saxifrage (EN) rustyhair saxifrage (EN) Saxifrage à poils rouilleux (FR)
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.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 8, 2009) transfers Saxifraga rufidula to Micranthes rufidula.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-07-01
Change Date1993-07-01
Edition Date1992-01-09
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C.
Range Extent Comments
Mostly west of Cascade and near coast; British Columbia to northwest OR and in Columbia River Gorge to Wasco Co. WA (Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1973).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Alpine tundra and engelmann spruce-subalpine fir (Taylor & MacBryde, 1977). Rocky areas in high mountains (Dorn, 1988).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
OregonSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (14)
Oregon (8)
AreaForestAcres
Chucksney MountainWillamette National Forest15,369
EagleMt. Hood National Forest16,841
Echo MountainWillamette National Forest8,098
French Pete (a)Willamette National Forest1,668
Hardesty MountainUmpqua National Forest2,597
LarchMt. Hood National Forest12,961
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest5,417
Salmon - HuckleberryMt. Hood National Forest17,570
Washington (6)
AreaForestAcres
Jefferson RidgeOlympic National Forest6,512
Jupiter RidgeOlympic National Forest10,148
LightningOlympic National Forest7,179
Madison CreekOlympic National Forest1,223
Mt. BaldyOlympic National Forest3,557
QuilceneOlympic National Forest18,656
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 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.
  3. Stubbs, R.L., D.E. Soltis, and N. Cellinese. 2018. The future of cold- adapted plants in changing climates: Micranthes (Saxifragaceae) as a case study. Ecology and Evolution 8:7164-7177.
  4. Stubbs, R.L., R.A. Folk, D.E. Soltis, and N. Cellinese. 2020. Diversification in the Arctic: Biogeography and Systematics of the North American Micranthes (Saxifragaceae). Systematic Botany 45(4): 802-811.