Special Status Plants of the Folsom Field Office

This plant guide identifies the special status plants that are known to occur on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, but they may only be suspected on land administered by the Folsom Field Office.  To view a photograph and more information on an individual plant, click on the plant's common name below. To see a complete list of all plants, regardless of if it is known or suspected, click here.

Jepson's Onion Allium jepsonii	Rawhide Hill Onion Allium tuolumnense	Ione Manzanita Arctostaphylos myrtifolia
Nissenan Manzanita Arctostaphylos nissenana	Big-Scaled Balsamroot Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. macrolepis	Stebbins' Morning Glory Calystegia stebbinsii
Beaked Clarkia Clarkia rostrata	Brandegee's Clarkia Clarkia biloba ssp. brandegeae	Cantelow's Lewisia Lewisia cantelovii
Ione Buckwheat Eriogonum apricum var. apricum	Mariposa Cryptantha Cryptantha mariposae	Pine Hill Ceanothus Ceanothus roderickii
Pine Hill Flannelbush Fremontodendron decumbens	Red Hills Ragwort Senecio clevelandii var. heterophyllus	California Vervain Verbena californica
Mariposa Clarkia Clarkia biloba ssp. australis	Tuolumne Fawn-Lily Erythronium tuolumnense	Shaggyhair Lupine Lupinus spectabilis
Congdon's Lomatium Lomatium congdonii	El Dorado Bedstraw Galium californicum ssp. sierrae	El Dorado Mule Ears Wyethia reticulata
Layne's Butterweed Packera layneae	Parry's Horkelia Horkelia parryi	Red Hills Soaproot Chlorogalum grandiflorum
Slender-Stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus filicaulis

Special status plants are those plants whose survival is of concern due to 1) their limited distribution, 2) low number of individuals and/or populations, and 3) potential threats to habitat.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) uses the term "special status plants" to include: http://www.blm.gov/publish/content/ca/en/prog/ssp/main_status.html1) Federal endangered, threatened,proposed and candidate species; 2) California State endangered, threatened, and rare species; and 3) BLM Sensitive plants. Sensitive plants are those species that do not occur on Federal or state lists, but which are designated by the BLM State Director for special management consideration.

It is BLM policy to manage for the conservation of special status plants and their associated habitats and to ensure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out do not contribute to the need to list any species as threatened or endangered.