Special Status Plants of the Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield 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.

Hoover's Bent Grass Agrostis hooveri	Spanish Needle Onion Allium shevockii	Morro Manzanita Arctostaphylos morroensis
Santa Margarita Manzanita Arctostaphylos pilosula	Sand Mesa Manzanita Arctostaphylos rudis	Walker Pass Milk-Vetch Astragalus ertterae
Shevock's Milk-Vetch Astragalus shevockii	Heart-Leaved Saltbush Atriplex cordulata	Lost Hills Saltbush Atriplex vallicola
Shevock's Hairy Golden-Aster Heterotheca shevockii	Blochman's Leafy Daisy Erigeron blochmaniae	Calico Monkeyflower Mimulus pictus
California Jewelflower Caulanthus californicus	Charlotte's Phacelia Phacelia nashiana	Coulter's Goldfields Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri
Crisp Monardella Monardella crispa	Hardham's Bedstraw Galium hardhamiae	Hoover's Woolystar Eriastrum hooveri
Jared's Pepper-Grass Lepidium jaredii ssp. jaredii	Kaweah Monkeyflower Mimulus norrisii	Keck's Checkerbloom Sidalcea keckii
Kelso Creek Monkeyflower Mimulus shevockii	Kern County Larkspur Delphinium purpusii	Kern Mallow Eremalche kernensis
Munz's Tidy-Tips Layia munzii	Onyx Peak Bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. onycense	Owens Peak Lomatium Lomatium shevockii
Pale-Yellow Layia Layia heterotricha	Piute Cypress Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis	Pygmy Poppy Canbya candida
Recurved Larkspur Delphinium recurvatum	San Joaquin Valley Orcutt Grass Orcuttia inaequalis	San Luis Obispo Sedge Carex obispoensis
Seaside Bird's-Beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis	Shirley Meadows Star-Tulip Calochortus westonii	Showy Madia Madia radiata
Straight-Awned Spineflower Chorizanthe rectispina	Succulent Owl's Clover Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta	Yellow-Flowered Eriastrum Eriastrum luteum
Boggs Lake Hedge Hyssop Gratiola heterosepala	Alkali Mariposa Lily Calochortus striatus	Kern Buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. pinicola
Lemmon's Jewelflower Caulanthus coulteri var. lemmonii	Mouse Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. murinum	Muir's Raillardella Carlquistia muirii
Nine Mile Canyon Phacelia Phacelia novenmillensis	Piute Mountains Navarretia Navarretia setiloba	Piute Mountains Jewel-Flower Streptanthus cordatus ssp. piutensis
San Joaquin Woolly Threads Monolopia congdonii	Sequoia Gooseberry Ribes tularense	Surf Thistle Cirsium rhothophilum
Temblor Buckwheat Eriogonum temblorense

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.