CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Eryngium constancei
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Eryngium constancei is Not Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Holly Forbes contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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Loch Lomond button-celery is a low-growing annual herb with tiny white to light purple flowers found only in northern California. This species grows in the bed of a small vernal lake, surrounded by a ponderosa pine and black oak forest, in the Loch Lomond Ecological Reserve in Lake County. Another population of Loch Lomond button-celery was discovered in 1996 in two spring-fed, shallow pools in Sonoma County. A berm has been built to prevent runoff into the pools at this location from increased sedimentation due to logging in the area. A third population was discovered in Lake County in 1997. This population was threatened by soil erosion into its pool habitat due to vegetation removal along the edges; it is also at risk from planned reservoir construction (CDFG 2002).
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References |
CDFG. (2002). California's Plants and Animals, Threatened and Endangered Plants. List and Species Accounts. California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/teplant/teplanta.shtml. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. (2002). Some Threatened & Endangered Plants Found Mainly in California. Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://sacramento.fws.gov/es/plant_spp_accts/acctplant.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
USGS. (2002). Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development. [Web site] USGS: Norther Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/others/recoprog/plant.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
Skinner, M.W. 1996. California's Vernal Pools: A Treasure Worth Saving. Plant Talk. 18-21. |
USFWS. 1985. Emergency determination of endangered status for loch lomond coyote-thistle (Eryngium constancei). Federal Register. 50, 148: 31187-31190. |
USFWS. 1985. Emergency Protectionfor loch lomond coyote-thistle. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 10, 9: 3. |
USFWS. 1986. Determination of endangered Status for Eryngium constancei (Loch Lomond Coyote Thistle). Federal Register. 51, 246: 45904-45907. |
USFWS. 1986. Three Plant Taxa Proposed for Protection. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 11, 4: 3-4. |
USFWS. 1987. Final listing actions for two species. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 12, 1: 16. |
USFWS. 1993. Proposed reclassification of the plant Eryngium constancei (loch lomond coyote-thistle) from endangered to threatened status. Federal Register. 58, 227: 62629-62633. |
2000. Section 2-1: Multi-Species Conservation Strategy and Baseline Conditions. Sacramento, CA: CALFED Bay-Delta Program. |
Sanguamphai. 1989. 1988 Annual Report on the Status of California's State Listed Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals. State of California, Department of Fish and Game. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |