Special Status Plants of the Ridgecrest 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 Alturas 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.

Spanish Needle Onion Allium shevockii	Darwin Mesa Milk-Vetch Astragalus atratus var. mensanus	Walker Pass Milk-Vetch Astragalus ertterae
Geyer's Milk-Vetch Astragalus geyeri var. geyeri	Panamint Mountains Lupine Lupinus magnificus ssp. magnificus	Mojave Tarplant Deinandra mohavensis
Charlotte's Phacelia Phacelia nashiana	Desert Cymopterus Cymopterus deserticola	Hall's Daisy Erigeron aequifolius
Kelso Creek Monkeyflower Mimulus shevockii	Owens Peak Lomatium Lomatium shevockii	Panamint Daisy Enceliopsis covillei
Ripley's Cymopterus Cymopterus ripleyi var. saniculoides	Sweet-Smelling Monardella Monardella beneolens	July Gold Dedeckera eurekensis
Barstow Woolly-Sunflower Eriophyllum mohavense	Bristlecone Cryptantha Cryptantha roosiorum	Kern Buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. pinicola
Death Valley Sandpaper Plant Petalonyx thurberi ssp. gilmanii	Hanaupah Laphamia Perityle villosa	Inyo Laphamia Perityle inyoensis
Jaeger's Caulostramina Caulostramina jaegeri	Muir's Raillardella Carlquistia muirii	Nine Mile Canyon Phacelia Phacelia novenmillensis
Panamint Mountains Buckwheat Eriogonum microthecum var. panamintense	Red Rock Poppy Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. twisselmannii	Wildrose Canyon Buckwheat Eriogonum eremicola

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.