CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Allium munzii
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Allium munzii is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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This elusive wetland perennial is hard to find. Despite producing 10 to 36 white flowers at a time, it only flowers during years with adequate rainfall, an event which doesn't always happen in Southern California. In fact, this species doesn't even produce leaves during the worst drought years, biding its time until it receives enough rain to grow. This makes it a very difficult plant to study, which is evident from the lack of information on the species. Censusing this plant can only properly be done during good growing years which makes conserving this plant a real challenge. However, this plant, like many wetland species, is at high risk of extinction. Wetlands are quickly disappearing from the American landscape along with those species endemic to them.
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References |
Fiedler, P.L. 1996. Rare Lilies of California. Sacramento, California: California Native Plant Society Press. 154p. |
Smith, J.P.; Berg, K. 1988. California native plant society's inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. 168p. |
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. |
James C. Hickman, Editor. 1993 The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1400p. |
(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. |
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. |
McNeal, D. 1992. A revision of the Allium fimbriatum (Alliaceae) complex. Aliso. 13: 411-426. |
USFWS. 1994. Proposed rule to list four southwestern California plants as endangered or threatened. Federal Register. 59, 240: 64812-64823. |
USFWS. 1995. Listing Proposals: Eight California Plants. Endangered Species Bulletin. 20, 2: 20. |
USFWS. 1995. Notice of Public Hearing and Reopening of Public Comment Period on Proposed Endangered or Threatened Status for Four Southwestern California Plants. Federal Register. 60, 44: 12531-12532. |
USFWS. 1998. Determination of endangered or threatened status for four southwestern California plants from vernal wetlands and clay soils. Federal Register. 63, 197: 54975-54994. |
Dudek & Associates, Inc. 1999. Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) (Riverside County Integrated Plan (RCIP)) ôDraft Proposalö. Riverside, CA: County of Riverside Transportation and Land Management Agency. p.165. Draft Proposal. |
KEA Environmental, Inc. 2001. Biological Resources Technical Report for the Valley Rainbow Interconnect. San Diego, CA: San Diego Gas & Electric Company. |
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. |
Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. Southern California Mountains and Foothills Assessment: Habitat and Species Conservation Issues. Chapter 5 - Potentially Vulnerable Species: Plants. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. p.402. General Technical report PSW-GTR-172. |
| This profile was updated on 9/28/2010 |