CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Blennosperma bakeri
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Blennosperma bakeri is Not Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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The extirpation of Blennosperma bakeri from four of seven historic sites in the Sonoma Valley was caused by home construction and the planting of a vineyard. The remaining populations still face similar threats. However, both the local government and private citizens have begun to create artificial vernal pools to increase the available habitat for this species. A reserve has been established to protect the fragile vernal pool habitat required by this small annual. There is also the potential to cultivate this species for ornamental use as it produces quite attractive yellow daisy-like flowers from March through April. Unfortunately, these same flowers are often the reason that plants are taken from the wild by collectors.
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References |
Skinner, M.W.; Pavlik, B.M. 1997. Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California: Electronic Inventory Update of 1994, 5th edition. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2000). CalFlora: on California plants for education, research and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization]. http://www.calflora.org/.. Accessed: 2002. |
CalPhotos. (2002). CalPhotos: Berkely Digital Library Project. University of California, Berkeley. http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/. Accessed: 2002. |
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. |
Leong, J.M.; Bailey, E.L. 2000. The incidence of a generalist thrips herbivore among natural and translocated patches of an endangered vernal pool plant, Blennosperma bakeri. Restoration Ecology. 8, 2: 127-134. |
Skinner, M.W. 1996. California's Vernal Pools: A Treasure Worth Saving. Plant Talk. 18-21. |
USFWS. 1991. Determination of Endangered Status for Three Plants, Blennosperma bakeri (Sonoma Sunshine or Baker's Stickyseed), Lasthenia burkei (Burke's Goldfields), and Limnanthes vinculans (Sebastopol Meadowfoam). Federal Register. 56, 231: 61173-61182. |
USFWS. 1992. Eight Species Added to List of Endangered and Threatened Species in November/December 1991. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 17, 1-2: 14. |
Wiesner, M.B. 1994. Natives at Risk: Sebastopol meadow foam. American Horticulturist. 73: 13. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |