Special status plants are those plants found on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management 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:
1) Federal endangered, threatened, proposed and candidate species;
2) California State endangered, threatened, and rare species;
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. For additional information on the management of Special Status Plants, please refer to BLM Manual Supplement H-6840.06 (PDF file, 78 kilobytes)BLM Manual Supplement H-6840-1. This handbook establishes the procedures to be used in complying with BLM policy.
The California State Office maintains a list of all special status plants known or suspected to occur on BLM lands. This list can be accessed in three different ways:
1. Sorted by scientific name.
2. Sorted by common name.
3. Sorted first by field office, then by scientific name.
Use the following links to view only those plants known to occur on BLM lands managed by a particular California Field Office (species known to occur in one Field Office and suspected to occur in another are shown on the lists for both field offices):
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