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Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No

Abies bracteata (D. Don) Poit. (bristlecone )

Known Potential

Synonym: Abies venusta (Douglas ex Hook.) K. Koch; Pinus bracteata D. Don; Pinus venusta Douglas ex Hook (Tropicos 2011). Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank Rare Other Lists Listing Status Rank None; None G2/S2.3 1B.3 USFS Sensitive

Plant description: () (Fig. 1) is a perennial monoecious plant with trunks longer than 55 m and less than 1.3 m wide. The branches are more-or-less drooping, and the bark is thin. The twigs are glabrous, and the buds are 1-2.5 cm long, sharp-pointed, and non- resinous. The are less than 6 cm long, are dark green, faintly grooved on their upper surfaces, and have tips that are sharply spiny. cones are less than 9 cm long with stalks that are under15 mm long. The cones have that are spreading, exserted, and that are 1.5–4.5 cm long with a slender spine at the apex.

Taxonomy: Abies bracteata is a fir species and a member of the family (Pinaceae). Out of the fir species growing in North America (Griffin and Critchfield 1976), Abies bracteata has the smallest range and is the least abundant.

Identification: Many features of A. bracteata can be used to distinguish this species from other , including the sharp-tipped needles, thin bark, club-shaped crown, non-resinous buds, and exserted spine tipped bracts (Gymnosperms Database 2010). Figure 1. Abies bracteata. Photo Credit: © Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint General distribution: Abies bracteata is endemic to the of Monterey and Mary's College. northern San Luis Obispo Counties (Griffin 1993, CNPS 2011). The species is narrowly distributed in an area about 13 miles wide by 55 miles long on lands mostly managed by Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2).

Distribution in the Planning Area: There are 10 occurrences of A. bracteata on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2). The occurrences are at ; between the headwaters of Vicente Creek and the upper part of the west fork of Limekilm Creek; along Spruce Creek Canyon, Cone Peak, Logwood Canyon, Miller Canyon, Arroyo Seco River, Big Creek, growing on the west slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains; and the ridge north of Church Creek (Table 2). 2 DOD 1

Habitat description: Abies bracteata is known to occur in habitat associations of broadleaf upland forest, , and lower montane coniferous forest at elevations of 183-1600 meters (CNPS 2011). Stands are generally found along coastal drainages and in relatively inaccessible areas such as on steep north- or east-facing slopes, along ridges, cliff ledges, in canyon bottoms, and on raised stream benches and terraces. Abies bracteata is always found within 13 miles of the seacoast.

Associated species: Acer macrophyllum, Alnus rhombifolia, Arbutus menziesii, Calocedrus decurrens, Lithocarpus densiflorus, Pinus coulteri, P. lambertiana, P. ponderosa, Platanus racemosa, , Q. chrysolepis, Q. kelloggi, Q. wislizenii, , and californica.

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 18 documented Figure 2. Distribution of Abies bracteata (bristlecone fir) in occurrences of A. bracteata (CNDDB 2011). The number of California. Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. individuals observed in occurrences does not appear to be extremely National Forest lands are shaded in green. low, although many sites have not been recently observed, so population trends are difficult to discern at this time due to limited information.

Abies bracteata Revised 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No Threats or other information: Abies bracteata is threatened by military operations at Ft. Hunter Liggett (EO05). Non-native are the primary threat to A. bracteata (CNPS 2011). The rhizomatous French broom (Genista monspessulana) is particularly invasive, directly competes with seedlings of Santa Lucia fir, and is difficult to eradicate once established (Stephenson and Calcarone 1999). Because A. bracteata primarily grows in areas designated as Wilderness or in areas that are largely inaccessible to humans, and because livestock/fuels management rarely occurs in occupied habitat, Forest Service management activities have little or no impact on A. bracteata. This species has long been recognized as a species at risk due to its narrow distribution and susceptibility to cone parasites. Many of the produced by A. bracteata are destroyed through predation by a seed chalcid wasp (genus Megastigmus). It is not known if seed predation is limiting recruitment of new trees into current stands. Based on physical characteristics of the sites A. bracteata occupies (i.e., rocky areas with low fuel loads), it is generally regarded as fire-intolerant; the Wild Cattle fire damaged a stand of A. bracteata in 1996, killing several trees (Painter 2004) and several stands were damaged or destroyed in the Basin fire of 2008 (Lloyd Simpson, per. obs.). Some mature stands, however, have survived wildland fires (Stephenson and Calcarone 1999). Talley (1974) examined the fire history of the species and determined that there were no differences between past and present fire intensities within stands, despite changing fire regimes in California.

Table 2. Occurrences of Abies bracteata. The EO numbers correspond with the labeled locations in Figure 2. (PVT=private, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, DOD=Department of Defense, DPR=Department of Parks and Recreation, FHL=, PBSSP=Pfeiffer State Park, MO=military operations; UNK=unknown). Land EO County Quad Date (M/D/Y) Location Elev (ft) Threats General Comments Manager "ONE GROUP OF ~100 ARROYO DE LA CRUZ, LARGE TREES MAY DOWNSTREAM FROM ACTUALLY BE LESS THAN 1 SLO San Simeon UNK MARMOLEJO FLAT. PVT 600 1500' IN ELEVATION". TRIBUTARY TO ESTRADA CREEK, 2.0 ~70 TREES IN 1968 AND MILES E OF SAN 1969. PER HAVLIK, SITE Burnett 6/18/ CARPOFORO CREEK, MAY HAVE BEEN 2 SLO Peak 1969 SANTA LUCIA RANGE. UNK 1200 DISCOVERED IN 1930 SPRUCE CREEK PER HAVLIK, 2004, ~100 CANYON, ABOUT 1.5 TREES WITH MANY SMALL MILES E OF ITS ONES COMING UP; SITE Burro 6/15/ JUNCTION WTIH SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF 3 Monterey Mountain 1969 SALMON CREEK. LPNF 1500 FIRE FOR MANY YEARS. SAN CARPOFORO CREEK, JUST BELOW THE CONFLUENCE OF UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS Burro WAGNER CREEK AND IN 1912 AND 1969. ~50-60 4 Monterey Mountain 9/2/1968 DAVIS CANYON. UNK 1200 PLANTS IN 1968. SAN MIGUEL CREEK (CANADA DE LOS POTRANCHOS), ABOUT PART OF SITE BURNED IN 4.2 AIR MILES SE OF 1996, KILLING A FEW Cape San 4/27/ CHALK PEAK, AND 4.0 Military TREES. LESS THAN 100 5 Monterey Martin 1997 MILES E OF HWY 1. FHL 2400 operations PLANTS IN 1997. 1971 COLLECTION BY BROWN "ARROYO SECO ROAD AT HEADWATERS OF ARROYO SECO CREEK". NEAR SANTA LUCIA ONE SMALL TREE SEEN BY CAMP, ARROYO SECO BROWN IN 1971. UNK 8/18/ RIVER, SANTA LUCIA NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 6 Monterey Cone Peak 1927 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2200 1927 AND 1973. 1927 COLLECTION BY UPPER ARROYO SECO, HOWELL AND 1930 9/10/ SANTA LUCIA COLLECTION BY MASON 7 Monterey Cone Peak 1934 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2250 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS SEVERAL COLLECTIONS, FROM THE N-SIDE, E-SIDE, NEAR ROAD, AND SUMMIT 4/23/ CONE PEAK, SANTA OF CONE PEAK. ONE TREE 8 Monterey Cone Peak 1982 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. LPNF 3600 IN 1959, 1961 AND 1982. UPPER REACHES OF BIG CREEK, W SLOPES 8/13/ OF THE SANTA LUCIA UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS 9 Monterey Lopez Point 1903 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2800 IN 1903. ~650' UPSTREAM FROM Tassajara 6/27/ ZIGZAG UNKNUMBER OF PLANTS 10 Monterey Hot Springs 1974 CAMPGROUND, AND LPNF 2600 IN 1974. Abies bracteata Revised 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No Land EO County Quad Date (M/D/Y) Location Elev (ft) Threats General Comments Manager 1300' DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE W/ CAMP CREEK. PER STEWART, 1942, "LARGE GROVE OF TREES GROWING ALONG LOGWOOD CANYON, STREAM, W/ ABUNDANT Partington ABOUT 6.0 MILES SE SEEDLINGS". UNKNUMBER 11 Monterey Ridge 9/9/1969 OF PFEIFFER LPNF 2000 OF PLANTS IN 1969. Sycamore 6/19/ TWIN PEAKS, SANTA UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS 12 Monterey Flat 1901 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. UNK 3985 IN 1901. NEAR SUMMIT ABOVE JAMESBURG ON TASSAJARA ROAD, LOCATION VAGUE. 0.25 MILE FROM ANASTASIA CANYON ~1.0 BRUCE RANCH, MILE E OF TASSAJARA Chews 6/26/ BRANCH OF ROAD N OF BRUCE RANCH. 13 Monterey Ridge 1915 ANASTASIA CANYON. UNK 2800 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS. 1.25 MI. DOWN MILLER CANYON FROM CHINESE (CHINA) Chews CAMP, SANTA LUCIA 14 Monterey Ridge 06/1969 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 1000 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS. 2.0 MILES W OF CHINA CAMP, JUST BELOW TRAIL ALONG RIDGE Chews 7/21/ N OF CHURCH CREEK, UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS 15 Monterey Ridge 1957 SANTA LUCIA RANGE. LPNF 4000 IN 1941 AND 1957. Pfeiffer UNKNUMBER OF PLANTS 16 Monterey Point 9/6/1926 BIG SUR. PBSSP 300 IN 1926. BETWEEN HEADWATERS OF ONLY INFORMATION VICENTE CREEK AND REFERENCE TO THE UPPER PART OF COLLECTION IN CA OCC. 11/9/ THE W FORK OF DATABASE. UNK NUMBER 17 Monterey Lopez Point 1980 LIMEKILM CREEK. LPNF 2500 OF PLANTS NEAR COAST RIDGE RD, 0.1 MILE W OF BASKET SPRINGS, AND 1.7 MILES NNE OF 18 Monterey Alder Peak 4/5/1996 ALDER PEAK FHL 3200

Literature Cited: California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 3.1.1. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH ). 2010. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Griffin, James R.; Critchfield, William B. 1976. The distribution of forest trees in California. (USDA Forest Service Research Paper PSW—82.) Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Griffin, James R. 1993. Pinaceae. In Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Gymnosperms Database. 2010. Abies bracteata (bristlecone fir) description. Available at: http://www.conifers.org/pi/ab/bracteata.htm Painter, E.L. 2004. Individual taxon accounts. Science consistency review report. Unpublished document on file, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA. Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. mountains and foothills assessment: habitat and species conservation issues. (General Technical Report GTR-PSW-172.) Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Talley, Steven N. 1974. The ecology of Santa Lucia fir (Abies bracteata), a narrow endemic of California. Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Abies bracteata Revised 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 6/28/12

Abies bracteata Revised 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Calycadenia villosa DC. (Dwarf )

Known Potential

Synonym: Hemizonia douglasii A. Gray (USDA 2011)

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; Heritage Rank California Rare Plant Other lists State Listing Status Rank None; None G2/S2.1 1B.1 BLM Sensitive & USFS Sensitive

Plant description: Calycadenia villosa () (Fig. 1) is an annual that is 1-4 dm tall with dense, long, hairs covering the stem, which is distally red. The stem is rigid and scabrous, and can be either simple, have only a few branches that ascend, or have many that are spreading. The leaves are 2- 5 cm long, and most are proximal. The are in heads, with each node consisting of 1-3 heads. The bracts are linear to lance-elliptic, crowded, usually distally thickened, and commonly with 1 tact-like gland, but occasionally with none. There are 1-4 ray flowers, which are symmetric and white to pinkish. The rays are widest at their bases. The central lobe of the is much narrower than the lateral lobes, which are asymmetric. There are 5-15 disk flowers. The ray is smooth, and is more-or-less covered in dense, appressed, long, hairs. There are approximately 10 disk pappus scales that are lanceolate and acuminate (Carr & Carr 2011). Flowering occurs from May-October (Carr & Carr 2011, CNPS 2011). Figure 1. Calycadenia villosa . : Calycadenia villosa is in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). There are potentially two Photo Credit: Chris Winchell undescribed subspecies of C. villosa that are geographically separated, however taxonomic studies are still needed. Plants that have been found in San Luis Obispo County are much shorter in stature (forma depressa) (CNPS 2001, Carr 1977, and Hoover 1970) and are distinct from the plants found in Monterey County (forma erecta). The plants found in San Luis Obispo County are decumbent and branched from the base, while plants found in Monterey County generally have a single, erect stem. Calycadenia villosa is a member of the tarweed tribe (Madiinae), and may possess the ancestral chromosome arrangement from which the genomes of most of the species in Calycadenia were derived (Baldwin 1993).

Identification: Calycadenia villosa can be distinguished from the other Calycadenia species by the presence of 1 (occasionally 0) tack-like glands on the peduncle bracts; central ray lobes that are narrower than the lateral lobes, and widest at the bases; the presence of 5-15 disk flowers; dense, appressed, hairs on the ; disk flower corollas that are 5-6 mm long; and the general absence of tact-like glands on the phyllaries and paleae (Carr & Carr 2011).

General Distribution: Calycadenia villosa grows in Fresno, Monterey, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Some populations occur at or near the Department of Defense's Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County (Table 2).

Distribution in the Planning Area: There are 4 occurrences of Calycadenia villosa on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2). Occurrences are located on the slopes of Black Mountain, on the Camatta-Navajo Divide, on the ridge between the Camatta and Navajo creeks, and near Nacimiento Summit within the Santa Lucia Mountains Figure 2. Distribution of Calycadenia villosa Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. (Table 2). National Forest land is shaded in green.

Habitat description: Calycadenia villosa inhabits chaparral, cismontane woodland, meadow and seeps, and valley and foothill grasslands, growing in both rocky and fine soils at 240-1350 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011).

Associated species: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Agoseris grandiflora, Aira caryophyllea, Arctostaphylos glauca, A. obispoensis, Avena sativa, Bromus diandrus, B. hordeaceous, B. madritensis, Castilleja densiflora, Ceanothus leucodermis, Centaurium exaltatum, C. venustum, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, C. purpureum var. purpureum, Chorizanthe biloba, C. Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No obovata, C. purpea, Daucus pusillus, Eremocarpus setigerus, Eriastrum densiflorus, tomentosum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. nudum var. nudum, Filago californica, Galium hardhamiae, Hemizonia lobbii, H. penactis, Holocarpha heermanii, Hypochaeris glabra, Lagophylla ramosisima, coriacea, Lasthenia californica, Lessingia filaginifolia, Lewisia redivivia, Linanthus ciliatus, L. liniflorus, Lomatium dasycarpum, Lotus hamatus, L. scoparius, L. purshianus, Micropus californicus, Nassella cernua, Navarretia atractyloides, , nothofulvus, Poa secunda, Quercus agrifolia, Q. berberidifolia, Q. douglasii, Q. lobata, Q. wislizeni, albidus subsp. peramoenus, Systenotheca vortreidei, Trichostema lanatum, Verbena lasiostachys, Vulpia microstaphys, and V. myuros (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status or population trends: There are 60 occurrences of C. villosa, which range from fewer than 20 individuals, to thousands. In Monterey County, at least one historic occurrence of C. villosa was lost when the San Antonio Reservoir was constructed. Work on Fort Hunter Liggett between 1995-1999 has resulted in the discovery of about 38 occurrences of C. villosa, with the combined number of plants documented at those locations roughly estimated to be 40,000. One occurrence of C. villosa near La Panza Ranch may have been extirpated by conversion of habitat to grape vineyards and/or facilities for a California Department of Forestry fire station (EO1).

Threats or other information: Some C. villosa habitat has been destroyed due to the construction of the San Antonio Reservoir. Other threats to the species include urban expansion, vehicles, grazing, feral pigs, alteration of fire regimes, improper fire regimes, road and trail construction and maintenance, agriculture, mining, foot traffic, trampling, off-road vehicle activity, military operations, and non-native plants (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Livestock are generally removed from the allotment prior to the C. villosa flowering period, but use of the allotment in the spring may result in direct physical impacts to germinating and growing plants. The occurrences that declined in size probably did so as a result of grazing, but when grazing was halted or reduced, the vegetative health of the area improved. The pollination ecology of C. villosa is not well understood, but it appears that the species is a self-incompatible outcrosser. Bainbridge (1999) observed ground-nesting bees in the vicinity of the three occurrences of C. villosa, and other native bees of an undetermined family were observed on the capitula flowers of C. villosa.

Table 2. Occurrences of Calycadenia villosa EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (*=Occurrences not assigned a number in the CNDDB- such occurrences are documented in the CCH (2011); Dev.=Development, DOD=Department of Defense, FHL=Fort Hunter Liggett, IBR=Improper Burning Regime, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, MO=Military operations, NNP=Non-native plants, ORV=Off-road vehicle use, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, SLO=San Luis Obispo, TRM=Tierra Redonda Mountains; UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) LA PANZA DISTRICT, Dev.; 1 SLO La Panza; 06/16/1946 NEAR LA PANZA RANCH. UNK 1600 Agriculture ONLY INFO. ABOVE VICINITY OF CHIMNEY LOCATION ROCK, SANTA LUCIA DESCRIPTION W/ ELEV. 2 SLO Adelaida 06/16/1956 MTN.S. UNK 1000 AT 1600'.. AMMO SUPPLY POINT 7500 PLANTS BETWEEN AREA OF FHL; ~1.4 MILE DOD- EO's 5, 6, AND 7 IN 1994 5 MNT Jolon 06/20/1997 EAST OF JOLON. FHL MR 1000 RTCM BY HAZEBROOK. 500 SOUTHEAST OF JOLON, 7500 PLANTS BETWEEN ALONG NORTH SIDE OF EO's 5, 6, AND 7 IN 1994. BRADLEY-KING CITY RD FEWER THAN 100 CA. 1 MI ESE OF JOLON DOD- Grazing; PLANTS IN 1995, ~200 IN 6 MNT Jolon 05/25/1999 CREEK CROSSING, FHL. FHL MR 945 RTCM 3 COLONIES IN 1999. 7500 PLANTS BETWEEN ~1 MILE EAST OF JOLON EO's 5, 6, 7 IN 1994. 2500+ ALONG RD TO DOD- PLANTS IN 4 COLONIES 7 MNT Jolon 06/09/1999 LOCKWOOD, FHL FHL MR 980 RTCM IN 1999. Camatta LA PANZA RANGE, 8 SLO Ranch 06/13/1956 SLOPES OF BLACK MTN.. LPNF 3400 TRM; Hames LOWER SAN ANTONIO 9 MNT Valley 09/09/1946 RIVER, BELOW PLEYTO. UNK 720 IN 1998, UNK NUMBER CAMATTA-NAVAJO OF PLANTS (PRESTON) DIVIDE, RED HILL RD JUST AND MORE THAN 3200 SOUTH OF INTERSECTION PLANTS (BAINBRIDGE) Camatta W/ HWY 58, 18 MILES EAST ORV; BETWEEN THIS SITE 10 SLO Ranch 06/26/1998 OF CRESTON. LPNF 1880 RTCM AND EO51. SLOPES AROUND MORE THAN 660 11 SLO Creston 06/27/1998 CRESTON CEMETERY, PVT 1100 PLANTS IN 1998.

Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) WEST SIDE OF LITTLE FARM RD, 0.2-0.4 MILE NORTH OF LA PANZA RD. WEST SIDE OF UPPER Cosio MILPITAS RD ~3 AIR Knob; MILES NORTH OF MAIN 1000 PLANTS IN 1995, Bear BASE AND 1.5 MI SSW OF DOD- Grazing; 1000+ IN 1998. INCL. 12 MNT Canyon 08/18/1998 COSIO KNOB. FHL MR 1350 MO FORMER EO19. EL PIOJO CREEK ~2 MILES UPSTREAM FROM ORV; 150 PLANTS IN 2 CONFLUENCE W/ Grazing; COLONIES IN 1996. 1550+ Burnett , FHL, DOD- RTCM; PLANTS IN 3 NEW 13 MNT Peak 06/06/1999 SANTA LUCIA RANGE. FHL MR 1050 MO COLONIES IN 1999. NORTH SIDE OF 150 PLANTS IN 1996. NACIMIENTO RIVER ~1.2 Grazing; SITE MAPPED Burnett MILES DOWNSTREAM DOD- RTCM; SENSITIVE RESOURCE 14 MNT Peak 05/21/1996 FROM SALMON CREEK FHL MR 1100 MO SITE BY FHL. NW OF SAN ANTONIO RESERVOIR, 0.9 MI NNW ORV; 75 PLANTS EASTERN OF MOUTH OF TULE Grazing; COLONY IN 1996; 75 Williams CANYON & 1.6 MI SE OF DOD- RTCM; PLANTS IN 2 NEW 15 MNT Hill 06/06/1999 MARTINUS CORNER FHL MR 940 MO COLONIES TO W IN 1999. ONLY SOURCE 1885 Santa Los COLLECTION BY 16 Barbara Alamos; 07/01/1885 LOS ALAMOS. UNK 580 CURRAN. ALONG RD SOUTH OF LOS BUEYES CREEK, NE OF BURRO MTN. AND 0.3 MI MORE THAN 50 PLANTS Alder SOUTH OF GENERALS DOD- Grazing; IN 1995. COLLECTED BY 17 MNT Peak 06/26/1999 RESERVOIR FHL MR 1130 Other WILKEN IN 1999. NEAR LOS BUEYES RD, NORTH OF BURRO MTN. ORV; Alder AND 1 MILE WEST OF DOD- Grazing; FEWER THAN 250 18 MNT Peak 07/21/1994 GENERALS RESERVOIR FHL MR 1250 Other PLANTS IN 1995. ALONG DEL VENTURI RD NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER, 0.8 MILE EAST OF MORE THAN 1000 Bear CONFLUENCE W/ DOD- Grazing; PLANTS IN 1996 AND 20 MNT Canyon 08/10/1998 PINALITA CREEK FHL MR 1320 Mining 1999. WEST OF DEL VENTURI RD NEAR RD TO STONY ORV; CREEK, 1.6 MI WEST OF Grazing; Bear SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT DOD- IBR; Feral 21 MNT Canyon 08/24/1995 MISSION CREEK, FHL MR 1200 pigs 50+ PLANTS IN 1995. RIDGE EAST OF THE NORTH FORK LOS BURROS CREEK, ~1.2 Alder MILES NNW OF BURRO DOD- UNK NUMBER OF 22 MNT Peak 06/06/1998 MTN FHL MR 2320 PLANTS IN 1998. MORRISON RANCH AREA, ~0.8 MILE EAST OF CAMATTA RANCH, ON A PLATEAU BETWEEN ~1800 PLANTS IN 1998 Camatta CAMATTA CREEK AND AT EO 23 AND 24. 23 SLO Ranch 06/11/1998 LONG CANYON. PVT 1900 Other MORRISON RANCH MORRISON RANCH AREA, ~1.5 MILES EAST OF CAMATTA RANCH, EAST SLOPE OF LONG CANYON, ~1800 PLANTS IN 1998 Camatta SOUTHEAST OF CAMATTA AT EO 23 AND 24. 24 SLO Ranch 06/11/1998 CANYON. PVT 1900 Other MORRISON RANCH WEST OF BALD MTN. AT Burnett THE SOUTHWEST END OF DOD- 5800+ PLANTS IN 6 25 MNT Peak 05/26/1999 BEARTRAP FLAT FHL MR 1250 ORV COLONIES IN 1999. Burnett FLAT, NORTH OF DOD- 1200+ PLANTS IN 3 26 MNT Peak 06/06/1999 NACIMIENTO RIVER FHL MR 1150 ORV COLONIES IN 1999. NORTH OF NACIMIENTO RIVER, ~1.3 MILES WNW 2000+ PLANTS IN 1999. Burnett OF CONFLUENCE W/ EL DOD- PLANTS SCATTERED 27 MNT Peak 06/06/1999 PIOJO CREEK FHL MR 1000 ORV AND IN PATCHES. 28 MNT Burro 06/27/1999 EAST-SIDE LOS BURROS DOD- 1650 ~150 PLANTS IN 1999. Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) Mtn. CREEK, ~0.8 MILE WNW OF FHL MR PLANTS IN SCATTERED BURRO MTN. SUMMIT. PATCHES. BETWEEN MARTINUS CORNER AND SAN ~270 PLANTS IN 2 ANTONIO RIVER, 2 MI W COLONIES IN MAY AND Williams OF TULE CANYON AND 0.8 DOD- JUNE 1999. PLANTS IN 29 MNT Hill 06/06/1999 MI N OF RIVER RD FHL MR 980 ORV SCATTERED PATCHES. BETWEEN MARTINUS CORNER AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER, 1.7 MI W ~1200 PLANTS IN 3 Williams OF TULE CANYON AND 0.4 DOD- ORV; COLONIES IN 1999. 30 MNT Hill 04/21/1999 MI N OF RIVER RD FHL MR 970 Grazing PLANTS SCATTERED. NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER ALONG Williams RIVER RD, ~2 MILES WEST DOD- ~530 PLANTS IN 1999. 31 MNT Hill 04/21/1999 OF TULE CANYON FHL MR 860 ORV PLANTS SCATTERED. WEST OF TULE CANYON AND NORTH OF SAN ~650 PLANTS IN APRIL ANTONIO RIVER, ~0.8 AND JUNE 1999. PLANTS Williams MILE SOUTHWEST OF DOD- SCATTERED AND IN 32 MNT Hill 06/06/1999 JACKSON HILL FHL MR 900 ORV PATCHES. NORTHWEST END OF SAN ANTONIO RESERVOIR, ~1 Williams MILE SOUTHEAST OF DOD- ORV; Feral ~650 PLANTS IN MAY 33 MNT Hill 06/06/1999 JACKSON HILL. FHL MR 860 pigs AND JUNE 1999. NORTHEAST OF JOLON, EAST OF MURRY CREEK AND ~1 MILE NE OF ~1300 PLANTS IN 1999. JUNCTION OF ARGYLE RD DOD- PLANTS SCATTERED 34 MNT Jolon 05/25/1999 AND JOLON RD FHL MR 980 ORV AND IN PATCHES. WEST OF JOLON, ~0.15 ~230 PLANTS IN MILE WEST OF DOD- ORV; COLONY N OF RD AND 35 MNT Jolon 04/30/1999 CEMETERY, FHL. FHL MR 1000 Grazing 390. JUST EAST OF JOLON, ~0.25 MILE EAST OF ~285 PLANTS IN 1999. JUNCTION OF ARGYLE RD DOD- PLANTS SCATTERED 36 MNT Jolon 06/10/1999 AND JOLON RD, FHL. FHL MR 1000 ORV AND IN PATCHES. EAST OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER, ALONG SAM JONES 1000+ PLANTS IN 1999. RD ~0.8 MILE NORTH OF DOD- PLANTS SCATTERED 37 MNT Jolon 04/21/1999 JUNCTION W/ RIVER RD. FHL MR 920 ORV AND IN PATCHES. EAST OF EL PIOJO CREEK, 1100+ PLANTS IN 1999. ~0.9 MILE SOUTHWEST OF PLANTS SCATTERED. THE HEAD OF SAM JONES DOD- THIS AREA BURNED IN 38 MNT Jolon 05/26/1999 CANYON. FHL MR 1120 ORV 1998. WEST OF GABILAN CREEK ALONG SAN MIGUELITO DOD- ~50 PLANTS IN 1999. 39 MNT Jolon 06/09/1999 LOOP RD FHL MR 1220 ORV PLANTS SCATTERED. BETWEEN THE NACIMIENTO RIVER AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT THE NORTHWEST END OF DOD- 40 MNT Jolon 07/30/1998 MESA COYOTE. FHL MR 1300 Grazing 1000+ PLANTS IN 1998. BETWEEN THE NACIMIENTO RIVER AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT THE EAST END OF MESA DOD- 41 MNT Jolon 08/13/1998 COYOTE. FHL MR 1300 Grazing 1000+ PLANTS IN 1998. NORTH OF THE NACIMIENTO RIVER, ALONG AGUA FRIA CREEK 1000+ PLANTS IN 1998, ~0.5 MI E OF CONFLUENCE DOD- ORV; 870+ PLANTS IN MAY 42 MNT Jolon 06/06/1999 W/ GABILAN CREEK. FHL MR 1200 Grazing AND JUNE 1999. NORTHEAST OF SAN MIGUELITO RANCH, ~1 MI ENE OF SAN MIGUELITO Alder LOOP RD AT STONY DOD- 43 MNT Peak 06/08/1999 CREEK CROSSING FHL MR 1300 ORV 1100+ PLANTS IN 1999.

Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) SOUTH OF SAN MIGUELITO RANCH, ALONG SAN MIGUELITO LOOP RD ~0.8 MI SSE OF Alder STONY CREEK CROSSING, DOD- 44 MNT Peak 06/08/1999 FHL. FHL MR 1220 ORV 2000+ PLANTS IN 1999. WEST OF LOS BUEYES CREEK ALONG LOS BUEYES RD, ~1.7 MILES Alder SOUTH OF THE DOD- 45 MNT Peak 06/26/1999 NACIMIENTO RIVER. FHL MR 1400 ORV ~150 PLANTS IN 1999. WEST OF LOS BUEYES CREEK ALONG LOS BUEYES RD, ~2.5 MILES MORE THAN 50 PLANTS Alder SOUTH OF THE DOD- IN 1994. ~2350 PLANTS 46 MNT Peak 06/26/1999 NACIMIENTO RIVER FHL MR 1200 ORV IN 1999. SOUTH OF COSIO KNOB, ALONG UPPER MILPITAS RD ~0.5 MILE WEST OF Cosio SULPHUR SPRING DOD- Grazing; 47 MNT Knob 08/18/1998 CANYON FHL MR 1300 MO 1000+ PLANTS IN 1998. ALONG SULPHUR SPRING RD IN SULPHUR SPRING CANYON, ~0.6 MI SOUTH Cosio OF JCT W/ UPPER DOD- 200-400+ PLANTS IN 48 MNT Knob 08/18/1998 MILPITAS RD FHL MR 1300 Grazing 1998. ALONG DEL VENTURI RD NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO RIVER, ~1.8 MI EAST OF Bear CONFLUENCE W/ DOD- Grazing; 49 MNT Canyon 09/17/1998 PINALITA CREEK FHL MR 1260 Other 50-100+ PLANTS IN 1998. UPPER SHELL CREEK, NORTH OF HIGHWAY 58, ON SLOPE APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MLE Camatta EAST OF FERNANDEZ MORE THAN 530 50 SLO Ranch 07/01/1998 SPRING. PVT 1560 NNP PLANTS IN 1998. RIDGE BETWEEN CAMATTA & NAVAJO CREEKS, ~2.9 AIRMILES IN 1998 MORE THAN Camatta DUE SOUTH OF CAMATTA ORV; 3200 PLANTS BETWEEN 51 SLO Ranch 06/26/1998 RANCH LPNF 2000 RTCM THIS EO AND EO10. UPPER SHELL CREEK, Camatta ALONG HERNANDEZ RD, MORE THAN 120 52 SLO Ranch 07/01/1998 APPROXIMATELY PVT 1520 RTCM PLANTS IN 1998. CAMP ROBERTS, NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION DOD- ORV; OF TOWER RD AND C25, CAMP Grazing; LESS THAN 50 PLANTS NORTH OF THE ROBERT MO; Feral IN 2000 AND LESS THAN 53 SLO Bradley 06/13/2001 NACIMIENTO RIVER. S MR 810 pigs 20 IN 2001. 2000 ~0.75 AIRKM EAST OF MISSION CREEK, ~1.9 AIR ORV; Bear KM WEST OF COSIO KNOB, DOD- NNP; IBR; MORE THAN 100 54 MNT Canyon 05/26/1996 FHL. FHL MR 1320 Feral pigs PLANTS IN 1996. NEAR RD FROM UPPER ORV; Bear MILPITAS RD TO MILPITAS DOD- NNP; IBR; MORE THAN 100 55 MNT Canyon 10/25/1995 RESERVOIR, FHL. FHL MR 1200 Feral pigs PLANTS IN 1995. Cosio Knob; HILLS NORTHWEST OF Bear SAN ANTONIO MISSION; DOD- 56 MNT Canyon 06/24/1962 SANTA LUCIA MTN.S. FHL MR COLLECTED 0.3 MILE FROM NACIMIENTO ONLY SOURCE 1961 Cone SUMMIT, ON RD TO COLLECTION BY 57 MNT Peak 10/28/1961 PLASKETT RIDGE, LPNF 2800 SAGER; SOUTHEASTERN ARM OF , AT Lime CONFLUENCE W/ DIP 58 SLO Mtn. 07/22/2005 CREEK. PVT 805 Dev. 400 PLANTS IN 2005.

Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 5 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) EAST OF GENERALS RD, DOD- 0.5 RD MILE NORTH OF ARMY Grazing; JUNCTION W/ SAN NATION NNP; IBR; MIGUEL RD, CAMP AL MO; Rec.; OVER 1000 PLANTS IN 59 SLO Adelaida 06/23/2001 ROBERTS. GUARD 984 Feral pigs 2001. Santa Lucia Mtns: between 2nd and 3rd un-named cyns W of McGowan Cyn, ~1.8 km SE of * 60 MNT UNK UNK Jackson Hill FHL 820

Literature Cited Bainbridge, Susan. February 1999. Status of two South Coast Range endemics: Hemizonia halliana Keck and Calycadenia villosa DC. (Asteraceae: Madiinae). Submitted to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Field Office, Ventura, CA. California Native Plant Society. 2001. Inventory of rare and endangered plants of California (sixth edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Carr, G. D. 1977. A cytological conspectus of the genus Calycadenia (Asteraceae): an example of contrasting modes of evolution. American journal of botany. 64(6):694-703. Carr, Robert L., & Gerald D. Carr. 2012. Asteraceae. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on 5 July 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Hoover, Robert. 1970. The vascular plants of San Luis Obispo County. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2011. The PLANTS Database. Baton Rouge, LA: National Plant Data Center. Available at: http://plants.usda.gov

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/0/12

Calycadenia villosa REVISED 2011 6 Region 5 U.S. Forest Service Sensitive , Bryophyte & Lichen Species Evaluation & Documentation Form

Use the latest quarterly California Department of Fish & Game, Natural Diversity Data Base Special Plants List to obtain global ranks, State ranks, CNPS list & rarity code, and status of state & federal determinations (T&E, Species of Concern). July 2012

Plant Name Listing Status Rank CNPS Federal: none Global: G2G3 List: 1B.2 State: none State: S2S3.2

Provide narrative responses to the following fields to document your rationale for either recommending taxon above as SENSITIVE, DELIST AS SENSITIVE, REJECT FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION or manage taxon via NFMA in forest plan.

Abundance: Known from fewer than 20 occurrences.

Range/Distribution: Known only from California in Colusa, Lake, Monterey, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties. Occurs on the Mendocino N.F. (9 occurrences) and Six Rivers N.F. (9 occurrences total--one in Humboldt Co. and eight occurrences in Trinity Co.).

Trend: Unknown.

Protection of Occurrences: Unknown

Threat(s): Fuel management activities that involve soil movement by heavy equipment (i.e. fuel break construction or maintenance); fuelbreak maintenance with herbicides; prescribed burning may enhance the viability of populations of this species if the season of the prescribed burn and the frequency of burning are determined to be favorable and if petroleum products used for ignition are not placed directly upon the sites where the soil seedbank of this species exists; cattle grazing if salt blocks are placed in the open areas where this species grows; site development for electronics installations or other structures; and competition from invasive exotic weeds that may be introduced with heavy equipment, cattle feed or off-highway vehicles.

Fragility/habitat specificity: Dry, open, rocky ridges, hillsides and talus; 500–1,500 m. This species grows only in areas of low plant density, in or closely associated with exposed rocky areas or areas of packed mineral materials. For this reason and because survivorship is low, populations are generally small with few individuals. The species is surviving in an extremely limited and very fragile habitat.

Literature: Carr, R.L. and G.D. A New Species of Calycadenia (Asteraceae) from North Central California. Brit Org/SIDA 21(1) (2):261 (2004) original description.

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My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: X Sensitive ____ Removed ____ Rejected from ____ Not sensitive, but to from Sensitive further consideration be conserved via NFMA/ plant list LMP Standards & Guides

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Name: /s/ Lisa D. Hoover Title: Date July 31, 2012 Six Rivers National Forest Forest Botanist Name: /s/ Lauren W. Johnson Title: Date May 31, 2012 Mendocino National Forest Forest Botanist Name: /S/ Lloyd Simpson Title: Date October 9, 2012 Los Padres National Forest Forest Botanist

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Lead Forest: Forest Service Endemic: No

Carlquistia muirii (Gray) B.G. Baldwin (Muir’s tarplant) Known Potential Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2012, CNPS 2012). Federal Listing Status; State Listing Status Heritage Rank California Rare Plant Other Lists Rank None; None G2/S2.3 1B.3 BLM Sensitive

Plant description: Carlquistia muirii is a rhizomatous perennial herb in sunflower family (Asteraceae) (Fig. 1). The plants have woody that combine with flowering stems and densely leaved vegetative shoots to form mats up to 2 feet across. The heads are all discoid and the bisexual disc florets flower from early June to early October. Carlquistia muirii is strongly self-incompatible (Baldwin and Kyhos 1990 & Baldwin 2012).

Taxonomy: This species was prevously treated as Raillardiopsis muirii (Baldwin 1993), but was placed in the monotypic genus Carlquistia as a result of recent studies of this and related genera of tarplants (subtribe Madiinae) (Baldwin 1999).

General Distribution: Carlquistia muirii is known from 21 occurrences that range across an estimated Figure 1. Carlquistia muirii. 200-mile (322-kilometer) section of the southern in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Photo Credit: Chris Winchell. Counties. One disjunct occurrence is found on the Los Padres National Forest 160 miles (257 kilometers) to the northwest in the in Monterey County (Stephenson & Calcarone 1999). The type specimen collected by ascribed to the “vicinity of Yosemite” in 1875 (Gisel and Joseph 2008) was most likely from around Tehipite Valley in the Southern Sierra (Baldwin and Kyhos 1990, Baldwin, personal communication with J. Clines 9/12/2012). There is lingering uncertainty as to whether or not this taxon was collected in Yosemite Valley. There have been no collections or observations in Yosemite since the possible collection in 1875, but if it were to be (re)-discovered in Yosemite, it would be exciting and clarifying, extending the current northern distributional limit in the Sierra Nevada more than 60 miles.

Habitat Description: Carlquistia muirii occurs in dry open sites on granitic soils (Figure 3) at elevations of 3,600-8,200 feet (1,100–2,500 meters) (Baldwin 1993). It grows from granite ledges and crevices and on gravelly or sandy flats in openings of montane chaparral, ponderosa pine forest, and lower and upper mixed forest (CNPS 2012). At , the habitat is granitic scree and bedrock crevices with little other vegetative cover (Baldwin & Kyhos 1990) and the elevation is 4,850 feet.

Associated species: Dudleya cymosa, Eriogonum nudum, E. saxatile, flavescens, Penstemon breviflorus, Pellaea mucronata, Pinus ponderosa, Polystichum munitum, Drymocallis glandulosa, Pteridium aquilinum, Quercus chyrsolepis, and Q. kelloggii (CCH 2011).

Occurrence Status and population trends: Carlquistia muirii is known from 21 occurrences: 8 in the Sierra National Forest in the North Fork Kings River drainage (Fresno County), 2 in the in the Kern River drainage (Tulare County), 5 in Kings Canyon National Park in the Kings River drainage (Fresno Co.), 4 in Sequoia NP in the Kaweah River drainage, 1 on BLM land at Owens Peak in Kern County, and 1 in the Los Padres National Forest in the Ventana Wilderness near the coast. Number of plants reported in Figure 2. The distribution of Carlquistia muirii in each occurence varies 3 to 590 plants. Around one-third of the occurrences California. Occurrences are shown by red points. National Forest System land is shaded in green. have 100 plants or more (CNDDB 2012). The species' habitat is generally undisturbed and free of nonnative undesirable plants, and overall population trends are apparently stable (Clines and others 1998). Populations in the Sierra Nevada have also been assessed as stable on the basis of habitat and population conditions (Powell and Blackwell 2001). The population on the Los Padres National Forest contained approximately 100 plants in 1986 (CNDDB 2012) and was described as 'vigorous' (Baldwin & Kyhos 1990).

Threats or other information: For occurrences next to trails or near lookouts (Baker Point), foot traffic, cattle trampling, or trail maintenance could impact populations. Most Sierra NF occurrences are next to roads or trails, and one is along an access road to a PG&E penstock, where penstock construction work or road work pose potential threats. Overall, most plants and habitat are undisturbed as the majority of these populations are in steep, rocky sites. The Los Padres National Forest occurrence of C. muirii is not subject to any known threats (CNDDB 2012). 1 Lead Forest: Sierra National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No

Table 1. Occurrences of Carlquistia muirii. The EO numbers correspond with the red locations in Figure 2. (BLM=Bureau of Land Management; NF=National Forest; NP=National Park). (Some of the Sierra NF observations are not yet reflected in CNDDB, and it is highly likely that the Park Service and Sequoia National Forest have more recent data as well).

EO County Quad Date Location Land Elev Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft) 1 Fresno Tehipite 5/16/1987 Floor of Tehipite Sequoia/ 4150 Trampling due Type locality. 500-100 plants Dome Valley along Kings to nearby observed in 1978. 58 clumps and Crown Creek, Canyon camp- 1 outliner observed in 1980. 591 Middle Fork NP grounds. plants observed in 1981. Kings River, Unknown number of plants Kings Canyon NP. observed in 1987. 1913 Geis collection & 1958 Howell collection also attributed to this site. Presumed extant. 2 Fresno Tehipite 6/10/1981 At S end of Little Sierra NF 3900 Plants observed in 1978, though Dome Tehipite Valley area couldn’t be thoroughly along Middle Fork checked due to high water. 3 Kings River. clusters of plants observed in 1981. Presumed extant. 3 Fresno Slide Bluffs 6/8/1980 Near Base of Blue Sequoia/ 4600 38 clumps of plants observed in Canyon Falls btwn Kings 1980. Presumed extant. Middle Fork Trail Canyon and Middle Fork NP Kings River, Kings Canyon NP. 4 Fresno Marion 1913 Slopes of Mt. Sequoia/ Main source of information for Peak | Slide Woodworth near Kings this occurrence is a 1913 Bluffs Simpson Meadow, Canyon collection by Perkins. Needs Middle Fork NP fieldwork. Presumed extant. Kings River, Kings Canyon NP. 5 Fresno The Sphinx 9/18/1988 Along Copper Sequoia/ 6600 1980: 99 clusters seen below trail Creek Trail on Kings and 8 seen above trail. 1981: 52 granitic outcrops Canyon clusters observed on upper at First Perennial NP outcrop, 8 above trail, and 99 Creek Crossing, below trail. Several collections Kings Canyon NP. from 1958, 1961, 1979, and 1988 also attributed to this occurrence. Presumed extant. 6 Fresno Rough Spur 6/26/1983 Along the NW Sierra NF 6600 No threats 45 plants observed in 1983. | Patterson side of Blackrock noted. Presumed extant. Mtn. Rd, 1.2 mi. NW of Sawmill Flat Junction N Fork Kings River. 7 Fresno Patterson 6/26/1983 Along N side of Sierra NF 6600 Possibly road 24 plants observed in 1983. Mtn. Blackrock Rd 0.15 maintenance. Presumed extant. mi. S of Sawmill Flat Junction. 8 Fresno Patterson 9/1/1998 Along Blackrock Sierra NF 6500 Road Hundreds of plants observed in Mtn. Rd N and S of maintenance 1979. Hundreds of plants Teakettle Creek, and observed by J. Clines on Sep 9, from 0.8-2 air mi. emergency 1998. J. Stebbins observed in S of Sawmill Flat cleanup, due 2012, population looked intact Campground. to the loose, and vigorous, habitat noted as unstable slope. being naturally unstable next to road. 9 Fresno Rough Spur 7/21/1989 S fork of Sierra NF 6800 Rocky habitat 100+ plants observed 7/21/1989 Rancheria Creek precludes by Clines and Shevock. 1975 tributary to N Fork impact of Ritter collection from “along S Kings River, nearby Fork of Rancheria Creek” also Sequoia NF. logging attributed to this occurrence. activity. More surveying needed to determine population extent and numbers. Presumed extant. 10 Tulare Lodgepole 8/12/1980 Along High Sierra Sequoia/ 7000 59 clusters of plants observed in Trail at first trail Kings 1980. 2 Shevock collections from switchbacks E of Canyon 1979 also attributed to this 2 Lead Forest: Sierra National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No

Crescent Meadow. NP occurrence. Presumed extant.

11 Tulare Lodgepole 8/12/1980 High Sierra Trail, Sequoia/ 7020 Trail 25 clusters of plants observed in ~4 mi. E of Kings maintenance, 1980. 1969 Rockwell collection Crescent Meadow Canyon widening, or also attributed to this occurrence. and S of Panther NP rerouting. Presumed extant. Gap. 12 Tulare Lodgepole 8/12/1980 High Sierra Trail, Sequoia/ 7580 Plants 188 clusters of plants observed in ~7 mi. E of Kings growing on 1980. Presumed extant. Crescent meadow Canyon edge of trail; in Buck Creek NP trail Drainage. maintenance and trampling by hikers. 13 Tulare Triple 8/13/1980 High Sierra Trail, Sequoia/ 7780 34 plants observed in 1980. Divide about 0.4 mi. W of Kings Presumed extant. Peak lowermost Canyon Hamilton Lake, NP Middle Fork Kaweah River. 14 Tulare Tobias 8/10/1979 On ridge of Baker Sequoia 7500 ~ 50 plants observed in 1979. Peak Point less than NF Presumed extant. 0.25 mi. E of trailhead to Baker Point Lookout. 15 Tulare Cannell 8/22/1981 Church Dome, W Sequoia 8200 ~50 plants observed in 1981. Peak of USFS trail NF Presumed extant. 34E08 on the saddle btwn Taylor and Manter Creek drainages. 16 Monterey Ventana 7/27/1986 Summit and steep Los 4850 None known. Unknown number of plants Cones western slope of Padres NF observed in 1972, 1975, 1977, and Ventana Double 1981. ~100 plants observed in Cone. 1986. Habitat unstable and inaccessible. Needs map detail. Presumed extant. 17 Kern Owens 7/13/1986 NE side of Owens BLM 8000 Over 250 plants observed in 1986. Peak Park, less than 400 Excellent site quality. W/in the Ft from summit. California Desert Conservation Area. Presumed extant. 18 Fresno Patterson 6/1/1986 Along access Rd Sierra NF 6400 Road 100 plants observed in 1986 by Mtn. to PG&E Haas maintenance. Stebbins. Stebbins observed in Penstock, E of 2011, population looked Williams Creek, healthy, no changes since 1986. ~1.1 air mi. N of Black Rock Campground. 19 Fresno Rough Spur 7/27/1993 ~1.5 air mi. S of Sierra NF 7000 Timber 100-150 plants observed by S. Wishon Reservoir, harvest Wilson in 1991, 100 plants E of Granite activities observed in 1993 by Jones and Gorge of the N (plants are Gallagher. Presumed extant. Fork Kern River. flagged for avoidance so threat is low). 20 Tulare Tobias 9/18/1988 Near lookout at Sequoia 7750 Fewer than 10 colonies in 1988. Peak Baker Point, Baker NF Site protected w/in established Ridge, Greenhorn botanical area. 1948 collection by Mountains. Bailey & Bailey form “between Hamilton Lake and Bearpaw Meadow, High Sierra Trail” attributed to this site. Presumed extant. 21 Fresno Slide Bluffs 6/11/1981 Along Middle Sequoia/ 5100 Trail bisects 1 plant observed in 1981. Fork Kings Trail Kings population. Presumed extant. 0.25 mi. W of Canyon Rattlesnake Creek, NP Kings Canyon NP.

Literature Cited or Used: Baldwin, B.G. 2012 (v. 1.0). Jepson eFlora, Carlquistia muirii. Jepson Flora Project. Accessed form: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html 3 Lead Forest: Sierra National Forest Forest Service Endemic: No

Baldwin, Bruce G. 1999. New combinations and new genera in the North American tarweeds (Compositae - Madiinae). Novon 9: 462-471. Baldwin, Bruce G. 1993. Carlquistia [Raillardiopsis]. In Hickman, James C. (ed.). 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Baldwin, B. G., and D.W. Kyhos. 1990. A systematic and biogeographic review of Raillardiopsis () muirii (Asteraceae: Madiinae), with special reference to a disjunct California coast range population. Madroño, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 43-54, 1990. CalFlora [web application]. 2002. Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization]. California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2012. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-01a).). California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. Accessed from: http://www.cnps.org/inventory California Natural Diversity Database. 2012. Special vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens list. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. July 2012 version. California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2012. RareFind 4. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Gisel, B. and S. Joseph. 2008. Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy. Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA 247 pp. Matthews, Mary Ann. 1997. An illustrated field key to the flowering plants of Monterey County and , allies, and conifers. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Powell, Bradley; Blackwell, James. 2001. Sierra Nevada forest plan amendment, final environmental impact statement, Volume 3. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. Southern California mountains and foothills assessment: habitat and species conservation issues. (General Technical Report GTR-PSW-172.) Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

X Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via 2012 sensitive further consideration FLRMP plant list

Name: Joanna Clines Title: Sierra Forest Botanist Date: 9/12/12 Name: Fletcher Linton Title: Sequoia Forest Botanist Date: 9/12/12 Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres Forest Botanist Date: 8/1/12

Figure 3. C. muirii in flower/ fruit, September 9, 1998. EO 8 along Black Rock Road, Sierra National Forest. Photo: J. Clines.

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Caulanthus lemmonii S. Watson (Lemmon's jewelflower)

Known Potential

Synonyms: Streptanthus lemmonii (S. Watson) Jeps., and Streptanthus parryi Greene (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G2/S2.2 1B.2 BLM Sensitive & USFS Sensitive

Plant Description: Caulanthus lemmonii is an annual herb (Fig. 1) that is proximally bristly, is usually distally glabrous, and has simple hairs. The stem is 1-8 dm tall, branched distally, and is not inflated. The basal leaves are petioled, oblanceolate, and coarsely dentate. The cauline leaves are sessile, with the base lobed to clasping, and are lanceolate to narrowly ovate. The is a terminal sterile flower cluster. The are erect to ascending, keeled, and are commonly creamy white with tips that are purplish to brown. The are white or have veins that are dark purple, and have wavy margins. The are in pairs of 3 and have lengths that are unequal with upper or lower filament pairs that are fused. The fruit is erect to ascending and cylindric. The seeds are ovoid with cotyledons entire. Flowering occurs from March–May (Al-Shehbaz 2011).

Taxonomy: Caulanthus lemmonii is a dicot in the mustard family ().

Identification: Caulanthus lemmonii can be distinguished from other species due to a combination or morphological characters including having cauline leaves that are sessile; Figure 1. Caulanthus lemmonii in bases that are lobed to clasping; a stem that is not inflated; fruit that is cylindric, and is not flower. Photo Credit: ? flat perpendicular to the septum, an inflorescence that is a terminal cluster of sterile flowers, stamens that are in 3 pairs of unequal lengths, upper or lower filaments that are fused into pairs, fruit that is erect to ascending, hairs that are simple, cotyledons that are entire, and stigma lobes that are 1–4 mm (Al-Shehbaz 2011).

General Distribution: Caulanthus lemmonii is endemic to California, and occurs in Fresno, Kings, Kern, Merced, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, and Ventura Counties. Caulanthus lemmonii was once found in Alameda County, but is now considered extirpated there (CNPS 2011). Caulatnthus lemmonii is reported from the northern and the Greenhorn Mountains of Kern County (Twisselmann 1995), and from the , , , and La Panza Range of San Luis Obispo County (Hoover 1970, CalFlora 2002).

Distribution in the Planning Area: Two occurrences are listed as being on LPNF land (CNDDB 2011, EO's 37 & 42). Those occurrences are at the Santa Barbara Portrero and at Ballinger Canyon, respectively.

Habitat description: Caulanthus lemmonii grows in pinyon and juniper woodland and in valley and foothill grassland at 80–1,220 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Matthews (1997) describes C. lemmonii habitat as "dry hillsides," and Twisselmann (1995) describes the substrate as "poor soil or fine clay."

Associated species: sp., Amsinckia vernicosa var. vernicosa, Chaenactis stevioides, Eschscholzia californica, E. hypecoides, Lupinus bicolor, saxatilis var. arachnoidea, Nemophila heterophylla, and Phacelia tanacetifolia (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 70 Figure 2. Distribution of Caulanthus lemmonii occurrences of Caulanthus lemmonii that are documented (Table 2). (Lemmon's jewelflower) in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. Forest Service land is shaded in green. Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes The occurrences over the years have ranged between small (less than 20 plants) and large (thousands of plants), although population trends are difficult to discern at this time due to limited information on the statuses of the occurrences. Threats or other information: Caulanthus lemmonii is at risk from grazing, non-native plants, an improper burning regime, military operations, feral pigs (CNDDB 2011), and development (CNPS 2011).

Table 2. Occurrences of Caulanthus lemmonii EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (*= occurrence not assigned number in CNDDB; occurrence documented in CCH (2011); MNT=Monterey, NWR=, SBA=Santa Barbara, SLO=San Luis Obispo, USFWS=United States Fish and Wildlife Service; UNK=Unknown). Date Elev. EO County Quad Location Land Manager Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) (ft.) Rancho Nuevo Creek, 5.0 MILES NNW OF Cuyama 03/25/19 LOCKWOOD VALLEY UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 1 Ventura Peak 78 ROAD ALONG HWY 33. UNK 3300 1978. 04/05/19 1.0 MILE NEAST OF ONLY SOURCE 1935 2 Kern Pleito Hills 35 NEASON'S FLAT. UNK 3500 COLLECTION BY LEWIS. . PATTWAY RIDGE, CERRO NOROESTE ROAD ABOUT 7.8 MILES SE OF USFWS- UNABLE TO LOCATE PATTWAY Ballinger 05/21/19 INTERSECTION w/ BITTER RIDGE. ONLY SOURCE 1978 3 Kern Canyon 78 HIGHWAY 33. CREEK NWR 4000 COLLECTION BY ORR. . New 03/02/19 PADRONES CANYON, ONLY SOURCE 1986 4 SLO Cuyama 86 CALIENTE RANGE. UNK 2400 COLLECTION BY TAYLOR. New 04/07/19 1.0 MILE NEAST OF ONLY SOURCE 1937 5 SLO Cuyama 37 CUYAMA RANCH. UNK 2900 COLLECTION BY FRENCH. . Grapevine, UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS BY 6 Kern Mettler 03 /1991 WHEELER RIDGE. UNK Grazing LEWIS Caliente Mtn, 03/22/19 NEAR SELBY RANCH UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 7 SLO Painted Rock 86 COW CAMP. UNK 2400 1986. . ROADCUT ON HIGHWAY 58 IN THE TEMBLOR RANGE, Kern | McKittrick 04/19/19 TEMBLOR CREEK 8 SLO Summit 90 DRAINAGE. UNK 2900 13.2 MILES WEST OF MCKITTRICK ON ROAD TO CARRIZO McKittrick 03/18/19 PLAIN, TEMBLOR 9 SLO Summit 62 RANGE. UNK 2400 03/31/19 PLACER CREEK AND ONLY SOURCE 1937 10 SLO La Panza 37 SAN JUAN CREEK. UNK 1650 COLLECTION BY PETERSON. Pozo 04/01/19 ONLY SOURCE 1934 11 SLO Summit 34 6.0 MILES NE OF POZO. UNK 2000 COLLECTION BY ARMSTRONG. NEAR JUNCTION OF CARRIZO PLAIN w/ 03/21/19 BITTERWATER 12 SLO La Panza NE 32 VALLEY ROAD. UNK " La Panza 03/22/19 2.0 MILES NEAST OF 13 SLO Ranch 40 LA PANZA. UNK 1600 SHELL CREEK, JUST ABOVE THE Camatta 04/05/19 CONFLUENCE w/ 14 SLO Ranch 67 FERNANDEZ CREEK. UNK 1375 HWY 466, 4.0 MILES WEST OF THE KERN COUNTY LINE, AND 2.0 MILES NE OF THE Orchard 04/01/19 JUNCTION OF HWY 41 15 SLO Peak 62 AND HWY 466. UNK 1200 BETWEEN POLONIO PASS AND PALO Orchard 04/28/19 PRIETO PASS, EAST OF 16 Kern Peak 49 ANNETTE, UNK 1480 ALONG GRADE AT Orchard 04/19/19 WEST END OF CHOICE 17 SLO Peak 35 VALLEY. UNK 2000

Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Date Elev. EO County Quad Location Land Manager Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) (ft.) Holland Canyon; Kern | Orchard 04/03/19 18 SLO Peak 32 PALO PRIETO PASS. UNK 2000 ABOUT 1 MILE NEAST OF CHOLAME; ALONG DAVIS ROAD 0.45 04/06/19 MILE S OF JUNCTION 19 SLO Cholame 95 w/ HIGHWAY 41. UNK 1150 HILLSIDE ON WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY, 6.0 03/25/19 MILES N OF PASO 20 SLO Paso Robles 32 ROBLES. UNK Templeton; 04/02/19 CHALK ROCK, 21 SLO Paso Robles 57 PEACHY CANYON. UNK 04/06/19 3.3 MILES NNW OF DOD-CAMP 22 SLO Adelaida 37 CHIMNEY ROCK. ROBERTS MR 1000 ALONG HIGHWAY 41, 3.2 MILES FROM THE JUNCTION w/ 04/16/19 HIGHWAY 466 NEAR 23 SLO Tent Hills 50 CHOLAME. UNK 1700 COTTONWOOD 04/02/19 CANYON BELOW 24 Kern Tent Hills 49 COTTONWOOD PASS. UNK 1400 0.2 MILE S OF SAN Tierra ANTONIO DAM, Redonda 05/21/19 ALONG ROAD AND 25 MNT Mountain 91 EAST OF ROAD. UNK 750 2.0 MILES NWEST OF BEE ROCK, SAN Tierra ANTONIO RIVER Redonda 04/27/19 DRAINAGE, SW OF 26 MNT Mountain 38 BRADLEY. UNK 900 03/23/19 TAR CANYON, WEST 27 Kings Garza Peak 40 OF AVENAL. UNK 1580 Ranchito Canyon; Stockdale 03/19/19 28 MNT Mountain 32 VINEYARD CANYON. UNK 1500 JOLON-BRADLEY Hames 04/10/19 ROAD, 12.0 MILES 29 MNT Valley 36 FROM JOLON. UNK 1100 SETTLEMENT NEAR Williams 04/05/19 LOCKWOOD, 6.0 30 MNT Hill 52 MILES SE OF JOLON. UNK 940 1.4 MILES S OF LONE OAK, BETWEEN LONE 04/03/19 OAK AND HIGHWAY 31 MNT Lonoak 52 198. UNK 960 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS 7.0 MILES FROM Paraiso 03/25/19 GREENFIELD ON 32 MNT Springs 56 ARROYO SECO ROAD. UNK 650 . UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS Patterson; 03/18/19 MOUTH OF DEL 33 Stanislaus Westley 38 PUERTO CANYON. UNK 250 UNK NUMBER Cedar Mtn.; 02/24/19 BETWEEN TESLA AND UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 34 Alameda Midway 35 CORRAL HOLLOW. UNK 1935 AND 1940. . 1.0 MILE N OF CORRAL DOD- Alameda | HOLLOW NEAR THE LAWRENCE San 04/09/19 ALAMEDA COUNTY RADIATION 35 Joaquin Midway 38 LINE. LAB 1200 1950 COLLECTION Orchard 03/21/19 5.0 MILES EAST OF 36 SLO Peak 35 CHOLAME. UNK 1750 Fox Mountain; Salisbury 05/10/19 37 SBA Potrero 62 SBA POTRERO. LPNF 5200

Wilson 04/22/19 0.9 MILE NNW OF 38 SLO Corner 37 HIGHLAND SCHOOL. UNK 1750 Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Date Elev. EO County Quad Location Land Manager Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) (ft.) Nattrass 04/20/20 LOWE CANYON, 39 MNT Valley 00 CHOLAME HILLS. UNK 1200 3.5 MILES NEAST OF ABBOTT'S RANCH, Sycamore 04/12/19 EDGE OF ARROYO 40 MNT Flat 72 SECO UNK 750 San HOSPITAL CANYON, Joaquin | Solyo; Lone 04/18/19 AROUND 500 FOOT 41 Stanislaus Tree Creek 38 ELEVATION. UNK 500 Cuyama BALLINGER CANYON, Peak, CIRCA 3.1 AIR MILES Ballinger 04/24/20 ESE OF BALLINGER 42 Ventura Canyon 03 CAMPGROUND. LPNF CUYAMA VALLEY, Ballinger OJAI ROAD, 3 MILES S SLO | Canyon, 04/01/19 OF SANTA MARIA ONLY SOURCE 1935 43 SBA Cuyama 35 HIGHWAY (HWY 166). UNK 2600 COLLECTION BY MUNZ. ON STEEP SLOPE BETWEEN TOWER ROAD AND <50 PLANTS IN NORTHERN NACIMIENTO RIVER, COLONY IN 2000. <20 PLANTS IN 04/12/20 NW OF TWIN DOD-CAMP SW COLONY IN 2001. ~1000 44 SLO Bradley 03 BRIDGES, \ ROBERTS MR 1000 PLANTS IN 2001 AND <20 Tierra MNT | Redonda 05/06/19 1 MILE EAST OF BEE ONLY SOURCE 1959 45 SLO Mountain 59 ROCK. UNK COLLECTION BY HARDHAM. WEST OF COALINGA, Curry 03/23/19 CIRCA 4 MILES VIA 46 Fresno Mountain 86 HIGHWAY 198. UNK 800 0.4 MILE S OF THE MNT/SAN BENITO 03/19/19 COUNTY LINE ALONG ONLY SOURCE 1959 47 MNT Lonoak 59 LONOAK ROAD. UNK 1000 COLLECTION BY THOMAS. Ortigalita Peak NW; SW OF LOS BANOS. ONLY SOURCES TWO 1986 Los Banos 03/25/19 SLOPE ABOVE LOS COLLECTIONS BY JANEWAY & 48 Merced Valley 86 BANOS CREEK. UNK 400 JANEWAY HILLS N OF AND ONLY SOURCE 1994 Apache 04/29/19 ADJACENT TO LONG COLLECTION BY BURGESS ET 49 Ventura Canyon 94 CANYON WASH. UNK 4500 AL. Kern | HILLS NE OF ONLY SOURCES 1998 AND 2000 SBA | Ballinger 04/23/20 BALLINGER CANYON COLLECTIONS BY BURGESS & 50 Ventura Canyon 00 CAMPGROUND. UNK MUNRO. CARRIZO CANYON, 0.8 TO 1.1 AIR MILES N OF NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 2008 IN Taylor 03/26/20 THE MOUTH OF POLYGONS, GOING FROM N TO 51 SLO Canyon 08 SALTOS CANYON. BLM 1900 Grazing S: 1000, 400, 450, AND 550. CONFLUENCE OF CARRIZO CANYON DFG- NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 2008 IN Taylor 03/26/20 AND SALTOS CARRIZO COLONIES, GOING FROM N TO S: 52 SLO Canyon 08 CANYON. PLAIN ER 1800 700, 2300, 800, AND 600. CARRIZO CANYON, 0.5 AIR MILE SSE OF THE DFG- Taylor 03/26/20 MOUTH OF SALTOS CARRIZO 53 SLO Canyon 08 CANYON. PLAIN ER 1700 600 PLANTS IN 2008. CARRIZO CANYON, NEAR INTERSECTION OF CHIMINEAS 500 PLANTS IN NORTHERN Taylor 03/26/20 RANCH ROAD AND COLONY IN 2008. 1000 IN 54 SLO Canyon 08 RED ROCK ROAD. BLM 1600 SOUTHERN COLONY IN 2008. CARRIZO CANYON, 1.7 TO 1.8 ROAD MILES S 900 PLANTS IN 2008 IN NE Chimineas 03/26/20 OF CHIMINEAS COLONY. 700 PLANTS IN 2008 IN 55 SLO Ranch 08 HOUSE. BLM 2200 Grazing SW COLONY. CARRIZO CANYON, 2.1 Chimineas 03/26/20 ROAD MILES S OF 56 SLO Ranch 08 CHIMINEAS HOUSE. BLM 2100 Grazing 1700 PLANTS IN 2008. CARRIZO CANYON, 2.4 TO 2.7 ROAD MILES S NUMBER OF PLANTS IN Chimineas 03/26/20 OF CHIMINEAS COLONIES, GOING FROM N TO S, 57 SLO Ranch 08 HOUSE. BLM 2100 Grazing IN 2008: 150, 300, AND 400. Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Date Elev. EO County Quad Location Land Manager Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) (ft.) SALTOS CANYON, ALONG SALTOS Chimineas 03/17/20 ROAD, 1.6 MILES EAST 58 SLO Ranch 08 OF CARRIZO CANYON. BLM 2200 Grazing 1700 PLANTS IN 2008. Chimineas 03/22/19 CARRIZO PLAIN, 10.5 59 SLO Ranch 40 MILES S OF SIMMLER. BLM 1920 ONLY SOURCE 1940 HIGHWAY 198, MUSTANG GRADE, 0.5 MILE EAST OF Monarch 02/17/19 PEACHTREE ONLY SOURCE 1973 60 MNT Peak 73 JUNCTION. UNK 1400 COLLECTION BY YADON. Junipero 03/25/19 3 MILES BELOW ONLY SOURCE 1962 61 MNT Serra Peak 62 ARROYO SECO CAMP. UNK COLLECTION BY HOWITT. CHALONE CREEK, Greenfield, TOPO ROAD ON TOPO N Chalone 03/06/19 RANCH, GABILAN ONLY SOURCE 1986 62 MNT Peak 86 RANGE. PVT COLLECTION BY YADON. 8.5 mi s Avenal - Inner Coast Ranges, w slope * 63 Kings Kreyenhagen Hills 1000 [Central Western; Outer S Coast Ranges region] 0.4 miles S of the MNT- San Benito Co. line alon Lanoak Rd., about 13 * 64 MNT miles Neast of King City; 1000 8.5 mi s Avenal (Kreyenhagen Hills) - Inner Coast Ranges, , s of * 65 Kings Avenal 1000 w Patterson (mouth Arroyo del Puerto) - , w of * 66 Stanislaus Patterson Bitterwater Canyon. Along Bitterwater Road about 10 miles N of * 67 SLO junction w/ Highway 58. 2201 Bitterwater Rd, ca. 10 * 68 SLO mi N of jct w/ Hwy 58 2200 Kreyenhagen Hills, 8.5 * 69 Kings mi S of Avenal Bitterwater Canyon. Along Bitterwater Road ca. 10 miles N of junction ~ * 70 SLO w/ Highway 58 2200

Literature Cited Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. 2012. Brassicaceae. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on 28 June 2011. California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Hoover, Robert. 1970. The vascular plants of San Luis Obispo County. Berkeley, CA:University of California Press. Matthews, Mary Ann. 1997. An illustrated field key to the flowering plants of Monterey County and ferns, fern allies, and conifers. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/ Twisselmann, Ernest C. 1995. A flora of Kern County, California. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2011. The PLANTS Database. Baton Rouge, LA: National Plant Data Center. Available at: http://plants.usda.gov

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: __X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/9/12

Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 5 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes

Caulanthus lemmonii REVISED 2011 6 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Clarkia jolonensis Parnell (Jolon clarkia)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Listing Heritage Rank California Rare Plant Other lists Status Rank None; None G2/S2.2 1B.2 USFS Sensitive

Plant description: Clarkia jolonensis (Onagraceae) is an annual herb with a stem that is erect, less than 6 dm tall, glabrous, and glaucous. The leaves are 3 to 5 cm long and narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate. The inflorescence axis in the bud is straight, and the buds are reflexed. The hypanthium is 2 to 3mm long. The sepals remain fused in fours, and the corolla is bowl-shaped. The petals are 1 to 2 cm long, fan-shaped, pale lavender to pinkish lavender, and commonly flecked with red. There are 8 stamens. The outer anthers are lavender, and the inner anthers are smaller and paler. The stigmas extend beyond the anthers (Lewis 2011). Flowering occurs from April-June (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Clarkia jolonensis is a dicot in the evening-primrose family (Onagraceae).

Identification: Clarkia jolonensis is often confused with C. lewisii (CNPS 2011), which also occur in the Outer South Coast Ranges, but it can be distinguished from C. lewisii and other Clarkia species having brown seeds; corolla bowl-shaped with pale lavender to pinkish lavender petals that lack claw and are generally red-flecked; and by flower buds that are reflexed on an inflorescence axis that is more or less straight (Lewis 2011).

General distribution: Clarkia jolonensis is endemic and limited to Monterey County, California. Occurrences are present as north as Monterey Quadrangle, and extended along the coastline to the quadrangles of Partington Ridge and Cone Peak, and occur eastward to North Chalone Peak, and southeast to Hames Valley (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There are four documented C. jolonensis occurrences on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2), which are located in the Chews Ridge Region; near Nacimiento Fergusson Road Bridge, where it crosses over the Nacimiento River; along Arroyo Seco River; and in the Santa Lucia Mountains, above Sans Mill (Table 2).

Habitat description: Clarkia jolonensis is found in chaparral, cismontane woodland, riparian woodland, and coastal scrub communities at 20 to 660 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011).

Associated species: Acer macrophyllum, Alnus rhombifolia, Amelanchier utahensis, Aralia californica, Ceanothus integerrimus, Cornus glabrata, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Petasites frigidus, Quercus parvula var. shrevei, Q. wislizeni, Symphoricarpos albus, Thalictrum fendleri, and Umbellularia californica (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 22 documented occurrences of C. jolonensis in California (Table 2, Fig. 1). One population has less than 250 plants as of 1995 (EO17), but all of the other occurrence abundances are unknown, and therefore, population trends are currently difficult to discern. Clarkia jolonensis was added to the Forest Watch List in 2003, and it has only been since that time that the Forest has begun to track this species. Threats or other information: Only one C. jolonensis Figure 1. Distribution of Clarkia jolonensis in California Occurrences are shown occurrence has known threats, and it is on the LPNF by numbered red points. National Forest land is shaded in green within the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation

Clarkia jolonensis REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No (EO17). These threats are road and trail construction and maintenance, foot traffic and trampling, an improper burning regime, and feral pigs. Any occurrences may be at risk due to grazing and the presence or encroachment of non-native vegetation (CNPS 2011). Several C. jolonensis occurrences are in or near disturbed habitats, such as along roads, trails, railways, or near camps (Table 2).

Table 2. Occurrences of Clarkia jolonensis EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 1. (* = an occurrence number has not been assigned in the CNDDB; DOD-FHL MR=Department of Defense- Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, DPR=Department of Parks and Recreation, IBR=Improper Burning Regime, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, PBSSP=Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, PLSR= State Reserve, PO=Pacific Ocean, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, UNK=Unknown, USFS=United States Forest Service). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) ROAD TO PLEYTO, 0.4 MILE S OF REFERENCE BY PARNELL IN Hames JOLON-BRADLEY MADRONO. UNK NUMBER 1 MNT Valley UNK ROAD. UNK 860 OF PLANTS.

9.0 MILES NW OF TYPE LOCALITY. 1982 Hames 05/13/198 BRADLEY ALONG YADON COLLECTION FROM 2 MNT Valley 2 JOLON ROAD. UNK 840 "LOCKWOOD-BRADLEY RD" LOCATION INFO VAGUE; 3.1 MILES N OF SAN SAN ANTONIO ROAD ANTONIO ROAD, PRESUMED TO BE JOLON- Williams LOCKWOOD-SAN BRADLEY ROAD. UNK 3 MNT Hill UNK LUCAS ROAD. UNK 1300 NUMBER OF PLANTS. 1982 YADON COLLECTION Cosio 05/13/198 ABOUT 7.0 MILES N FROM "JOLON RD - 3 MILES N 4 MNT Knob 2 OF JOLON. UNK 1400 SULPHUR SPRINGS RD" San Lucas | REFERENCE BY PARNELL IN Thompson FOOT OF GRADE TO MADRONO. UNK NUMBER 5 MNT Canyon UNK KING CITY. UNK 300 OF PLANTS. HWY 1, 1.5 MILES S Partington 06/10/195 OF CASTRO UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 6 MNT Ridge 0 CANYON. UNK 600 1950. ROAD TO TASSAJARA, 3.5 MILES S OF ROAD Chews 06/11/195 TO CACHUGA UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 7 MNT Ridge 0 (CACHUGUA). UNK 3100 1950. NEAR CHINA CAMP, Chews 07/05/197 CHEWS RIDGE UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 8 MNT Ridge 3 REGION LPNF 4200 1973. Pfeiffer Point | Big 05/31/192 DPR-PBS 1901 COLLECTION BY 9 MNT Sur 6 BIG SUR. SP, USFS 400 JEPSON 2.4 MILES S OF Soberanes 06/10/195 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 10 MNT Point 0 BRIDGE. UNK 220 1950. 1912 COLLECTION BY ALONG RAILWAY EASTWOOD "SEASIDE" UNK 06/16/190 NEAR DEL MONTE, NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 1908 11 MNT | PO Seaside 8 SEASIDE. UNK 100 AND 1912. 7.5 MILES FROM 06/04/192 MNT, BETWEEN UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 12 MNT Seaside 8 SPRECKLES & MNT. UNK 260 1928. 05/21/190 POINT PINOS, NEAR 1893 COLLECTION BY 13 MNT | PO MNT 3 PACIFIC GROVE. UNK 40 TIDESTROM 06/11/186 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 14 MNT | PO MNT 1 MNT. UNK 100 1861. 06/XX/19 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS IN 15 MNT | PO MNT 03 CARMEL BAY. UNK 80 1903. 07/07/196 OVERLOOKING DPR-PL 16 MNT | PO MNT 3 CHINA COVE, PL SP. SR 80 NEAR NACIMIENTO- FERGUSSON ROAD BRIDGE OVER NACIMIENTO RIVER, RTCM | Foot APPROX. 2.75 KM LPNF & traffic/trampling 06/12/199 NNE OF CHALK DOD- | IBR | Feral LESS THAN 250 PLANTS IN 17 MNT Cone Peak 5 PEAK. FHL MR 2165 pigs 1995. Clarkia jolonensis REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) 18 MNT Jolon UNK NEAR JOLON. UNK 1000 UNK NUMBER OF PLANTS. PINE CANYON RD W OF KING CITY, 1 MI Cosio 06/01/198 FROM SUMMIT (FHL DOD- ONLY SOURCE 1982 YADON 19 MNT Knob 2 GATE). FHL MR UNK COLLECTION. ROCKY CREEK | Tassajara TRAIL ALONG ONLY SOURCE COLLECTION Hot 05/18/195 ARROYO SECO IS 1958 HOWITT 20 MNT Springs 8 RIVER. LPNF UNK COLLECTION. North STONEWALL Chalone CANYON, E OF Peak | 05/23/196 SOLEDAD, GABILAN ONLY SOURCE 1966 YADON 21 MNT Soledad 6 RANGE. UNK UNK COLLECTION. mountains above Sans 06/19/190 Mill (w of summit) - *22 MNT UNK 1 Santa Lucia Mountains LPNF UNK

Literature Cited

California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Lewis, H.. 2012. Clarkia. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/01/ 2011]. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/9/12

Clarkia jolonensis REVISED 2011 3 Region 5 U.S. Forest Service Sensitive Vascular Plant, Bryophyte & Lichen Species Evaluation & Documentation Form

Use the latest quarterly California Department of Fish & Game, Natural Diversity Data Base Special Plants List to obtain global ranks, State ranks, CNPS list & rarity code, and status of state & federal determinations (T&E, Species of Concern). Special Plants List dated: Accessed June 2012

Plant Name Listing Status Rank CNPS Dacryophyllum falcifolium Ireland Federal: None Global: G1 List: 1B.3 Tear drop moss State: State: S1

Abundance: Endemic to central coast of CA, only nine occurrences in Montery and Santa Cruz counties all on State owned and private lands except one occurrence known to the Los Padres NF. One occurrence found at Julia Pfieffer Burns, Limeklin, and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Parks. Two occurrences found on the UC Santa Cruz campus, and the rest are from adjacent private lands.

Range/Distribution: Endemic to central coast of CA in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

Trend: Unknown

Protection of Occurrences: Many found on State owned lands, no current protections on Forest Service lands.

Threat(s): Fire suppression activities

Fragility/habitat specificity: Found primarily on shaded carbonate or metamorphic rock outcrops in North coast coniferous/redwood forests. Populations frequently along stream channels but never inundated. Always dry with summer fog.

Literature/Comments: Not likely to find many more occurrences because: south of Monterey County is the southern extent of the redwoods and then farther north the habitat is out-competed by other taxa. The only species that could be confused with Dacryophyllum in the field is Bryolawtonia vancouveriensis. See Draft CA Bryophyte working groups notes (July 7,2012)

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: X Sensitive ____ Removed from ____ Rejected from ___ NFMA/LMP 1998 plant list further consideration Standards & Guides

Name: Lloyd G. Simpson Title: Forest Botanist, Los Padres NF Date: 7/17/12

Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Delphinium hutchinsoniae Ewan (Hutchinson's larkspur)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G2/S2.1 1B.2 USFS Sensitive

Plant description: hutchinsoniae () (Fig. 1) is a perennial with a stem that is 25-100 cm long, with a base that is puberulent. The leaves have three to 17 lobes, and hairs that are generally spreading. There are two (rarely seven) to 20 (rarely to 30) flowers per inflorescence. The flowers have lower blades with a few hairs, but the hairs are common on the inner lobes, and are absent on the margins. The spur tips are generally curved downward for more than three mm at the tip. The fruits are nine to 21 mm long, with veins that are commonly blue (Koontz & Warnock 2011). Flowering occurs from March to June (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Delphinium hutchinsoniae a member of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), and is a relatively long-lived perennial species that can Figure 1. Delphinium hutchinsoniae reproduce by seed, through division of its roots (Yadon 1997). Pollinators inflorescence. Photo Credit: Susanna Danner observed include Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) (Epling and Lewis 1952). It has also been reported that pollination in Delphinium generally occurs through outcrossing, though some selfing can occur as well, but that larkspurs do not possess effective seed dispersal mechanisms, and therefore seed dispersal between colonies seldom occurs (Epling and Lewis 1952).

Identification: Delphinium hutchinsoniae can be distinguished from the other Delphinium species by the stems that are 25-100 cm long, seeds that are smooth and not prickly, lateral sepals that are 12-24 mm long, margins of the lower petal blades that are lacking hairs, and sepals that generally curve downward for longer than three mm at the tips (Koontz & Warnock 2011).

General distribution: Delphinium hutchinsoniae is endemic to the coastline of Monterey County, California (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There are three occurrences of Delphinium hutchinsoniae on the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) at Brazil Ranch (EO’s 18, 22, and 26) (CNDDB 2011) (Fig. 2, the Brazil Ranch parcel of the LPNF is not delineated on the map).

Habitat description: Delphinium hutchinsoniae inhabits broadleafed upland forest, chaparral, coastal prairie, and coastal scrub communities at 0-427 meter elevations (CNPS 2011). It has a restricted distribution and specializes on small, patchily distributed habitats. Delphinium hutchinsoniae has been known to occur in openings or rock piles at the foot of a slope or on ridge tops (where heavy soils retain higher amounts of moisture) within coastal sage scrub and winter wet grasslands, and coastal terrace prairie and sand dunes. Although plants may be found adjacent to riparian forests and woodlands they are never found in the Figure 2. Distribution of Delphinium hutchinsoniae in midst of trees and tall (Yadon 1997). California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest land is shaded in green.

Associated species: Acaena pinnatifida, Avena barbata, Baccharis pilularis, Bromus diandrus, Carex tumulicola, Clarkia lewisii, Danthonia californica, Delphinium parryi, Eriogonum latifolium, E. parvifoloium, Heuchera micrantha, Lolium multiflorum, Lotus scoparius, Lupinus albifrons, Mimulus aurantiacus, Nassella lepida, N. pulchra, Polypodium calirhiza,

Delphinium hutchinsoniae REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Quercus parvula var. shrevei, Salix lasiolepis, and Sequoia sempervirens. Rare associates include Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus and Linanthus grandiflorus (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: Occurrence abundances range from no fewer than two plants (EO08) to an estimated 250 (EO07). Three occurrences have possibly become extirpated over the years (EO's 02, 03, and 18), while the abundances of two occurrences have decreased, but are still present (EO's 08 & 16). Moss (1989) reported finding 51 plants. Eight years later, in a year with exceptionally low rainfall between February to June, Yadon (1997) found 17 plants, although he reported limiting the intensity of his search effort out of concern that such an effort might damage the scree slope where the plants occur. Then, in the spring of 2002, Norman (personal communication 2002) observed "lots" of young and immature plants.

Threats or other information: Threats to Delphinium hutchinsoniae include wildflower picking, road maintenance, invasive weeds and grasses, development, grazing, and road erosion (Table 2). Moss (1989) noted that brush is apparently encroaching upon the occurrence found in Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park and that off-trail hikers were affecting habitat through the creation of user-generated trails that resulted in trampling of plants and increased rates of erosion. He also noted that this type of disturbance could serve to maintain habitat by reducing the cover of competing vegetation. Yadon (1997) reported that infestations of French broom are threatening the suitability of habitat at this site.

Table 2. Occurrences of Delphinium hutchinsoniae EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (CG=Coast Guard, DEV=Development, GSP=, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MPRPD=Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, PBSSP=Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, PLR=, PVT=Private, RM=Road maintenance, SBP=Soberanes Point; UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) 51 PLANTS IN 1989. 17 PLANTS OBS. BY YADON Pfeiffer 05/08/19 NEAR IN 1997. INCL. FORMER 1 MNT Point 97 WEYLAND CAMP, PBSSP. PBSSP 800 Picking EO#13. Partington LAFLER CANYON ABOVE HWY 1, NO PLANTS IN 1989. 2 MNT Ridge 1977 W OF PARTINGTON RIDGE PVT 600 SITE BASED UPON 1969 COLLECTION BY J. TORRE CANYON ALONG E SIDE RM, NORMAN. PLANTS NOT Partington OF HWY 1, W OF PARTINGTON invasive SEEN AT SITE BY 3 MNT Ridge 1969 RIDGE Caltrans 600 weeds NORMAN NE OF GAMBOA POINT BETWEEN FEWER THAN 50 PLANTS BIG CREEK AND VICENTE CREEK, IN 1982. POP Lopez ~0.25 MI. W OF HWY 1 AND 25 MI S MONITORED BY UCSC 4 MNT Point 1997 OF BIG SUR. PVT 1400 Grazing BIG CREEK PRESERVE MAIN SOURCE 1965 05/07/19 CARMEL HIGHLANDS OPPOSITE COLLECTION BY E.K. 6 MNT SBP 65 (ABOVE) YANKEE POINT PVT 600 BALLS. MALPASO CREEK CANYON, ~1 TO 1.5 MI. E OF HWY 1, SE OF CARMEL 250 PLANTS ESTIMATED 7 MNT SBP 1997 HIGHLANDS. GSP, PVT 600 IN 1989. 25 PLANTS IN 1973. SAN JOSE CANYON, ~0.5 MI. E OF YADON SUGGESTS THAT 06/20/20 HWY 1, N OF CARMEL RM, TYPE LOCALITY 8 MNT MNT 04 HIGHLANDS. PLR 200 grazing (HUTCHINSON #7423) COLLECTION BY WOODCOCK. DATE OF POINT PINOS NEAR HIGHLANDS, N COLLECTION UNK, BUT 9 MNT MNT UNK END OF MNT PENINSULA. CG 100 LIKELY PRE-1930 W SIDE OF SALINAS RIVER, 0.5 MI MAIN SOURCE 1952 04/25/19 S OF MNT-SALINAS RD, W OF COLLECTION BY H. 11 MNT Salinas 62 SPRECKLES. PVT 40 LEWIS ET AL. 1962

N OF LOPEZ POINT, ~0.9 MI. ESE Lopez OF HWY 1 AT VINCENTE CREEK MAIN SOURCE MAP 14 MNT Point 1997 AND 25 MI. S OF BIG SUR. UNK 1600 DETAIL FROM 1997 CLEAR RIDGE, W OF PFEIFFER-BIG 6 PLANTS IN 1991. 1979 Pfeiffer 06/07/19 SUR STATE PARK, ~2 MI. S OF BIG MARGORY 15 MNT Point 91 SUR. PVT 500 COLLECTIONS

PFEIFFER RIDGE, ~0.6 MI. S OF BIG DEV, 10 PLANTS IN 1979, 2 IN 05/14/19 SUR, NW OF PFEIFFER-BIG SUR RM, 1997. 1989 AND 1991 16 MNT Big Sur 97 STATE PARK. PVT 1050 invasives NORMAN COLLECTIONS

Delphinium hutchinsoniae REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.)

DEER RIDGE (COOPER POINT 05/09/20 RIDGE) W OF CLEAR RIDGE AND 17 MNT Big Sur 02 1.6 MI. SW OF BIG SUR, PVT 880 DEV 98 PLANTS IN 1997. UP TO 6 PLANTS OBS. DURING 1980'S AT SITE BY YADON AND OTHERS. ALONG HWY 1 AT HURRICANE PLANTS NOT SEEN SINCE POINT, N OF POINT SUR & ~18 MI. RM, THEN; POSSIBLY 18 MNT Point Sur 1980's S OF MNT. PVT, Caltrans 500 grazing EXTIRPATED. SE OF SBP AND JUST E OF HWY 1, 04/30/19 ~0.4 MI. N OF GRANITE CANYON, S 19 MNT SBP 60 OF CARMEL HIGHLANDS. GSP 200 12 PLANTS IN 1960. ROCKY RIDGE, BETWEEN MALPASO CREEK AND SOBERANES CREEK, ~1.25 MI. E OF 12 PLANTS BETWEEN 05/16/19 HWY 1, SE OF CARMEL THIS SITE AND EO21 TO 20 MNT SBP 97 HIGHLANDS. GSP 1720 Grazing NE. ROCKY RIDGE, BETWEEN MALPASO CREEK AND SOBERANES CREEK, ~1.75 MI. E OF 12 PLANTS BETWEEN 05/16/19 HWY 1, SE OF CARMEL THIS SITE AND EO20 TO 21 MNT SBP 97 HIGHLANDS. GSP 1750 Grazing NE.

S END OF SIERRA HILL, ~0.9 06/05/20 AIRMI. N OF WHERE HWY 1 IN 2003 ~50 PLANTS ON W 22 MNT Point Sur 03 CROSSES THE UNK 1315 SIDE OF RIDGE, W SIDE OF SENECA CREEK, ~0.75 PLANTS FIRST SEEN MI. DOWNSTREAM FROM PALO HERE IN SPRING OF 1998. 06/15/20 CORONA RANCH, E OF CARMEL Erosion 15 PLANTS SEEN IN JUNE 23 MNT SBP 04 HIGHLANDS. MPRPD 800 from rd 2004 RIDGE ABOVE SENECA CREEK, ~0.45 MI. WSW OF PALO CORONA IN 2004, MORE THAN 100 06/15/20 RANCH, E OF CARMEL Erosion PLANTS ACROSS ~500 24 MNT SBP 04 HIGHLANDS. MPRPD 1250 from rd ACRES. ALONG N SIDE OF SAN JOSE CREEK, JUST W OF THE PALO PLANTS FIRST NOTED IN 06/15/20 CORONA TRAIL CROSSING, E OF Erosion SPRING OF 1998. 10 25 MNT MNT 04 POINT LOBOS. MPRPD 700 from rd PLANTS IN 2004.

5 PLANTS IN 2006. FIRST 05/16/20 N END OF SIERRA HILL, ~1 MI. ESE EO DISCOVERY WAS 3 26 MNT Point Sur 06 OF HURRICANE POINT. UNK 1400 Grazing INDIVIDUALS in 2004. .

05/29/20 RANCHO SAN CARLOS, SANTA ONLY SOURCE 2002 27 MNT Mt. Carmel 02 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. UNK 1600 NORMAN COLLECTION.

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Epling, Carl; Lewis, Harlan. 1952. Increase of the adaptive range of the genus Delphinium. Evolution: 6:253-267. Moss, Tom. 1989. "Occurrence Record for Delphinium hutchinsoniae at Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park." On file, Los Padres National Forest, Frazier Park, CA. Koontz J. and Warnock, Michael J. 2012. Delphinium. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/01/2011]. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2011. The PLANTS Database. Baton Rouge, LA: National Plant Data Center. Available at: http://plants.usda.gov Yadon, Vern. 1997. Survey and Taxonomic Review of the Sensitive Plant, Hutchinson's Larkspur, Delphinium hutchinsoniae Ewan. Status report prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, Order No. 40-91Y9-6-0247.

Delphinium hutchinsoniae REVISED 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/9/12

Delphinium hutchinsoniae REVISED 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes

Delphinium umbraculorum Lewis & Epling (umbrella larkspur)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None G2G3/S2S3.3 1B.3 BLM Sensitive & USFS Sensitive

Plant description: Delphinium umbraculorum (Ranunculaceae) (Fig. 1) is a perennial herb with a stem that is 40-85 cm long, a base that is more-or-less glabrous and often narrower than the root, but still well-attached to the root. The basal and cauline leaves are more or less glabrous, with three to ten lobes, which are at least four mm wide on the lower leaves. The inflorescence pedicels are more-or-less ascending, and separated by ten to 50 mm. The lateral sepals are reflexed, and the spurs are 11-14 mm long. The fruits are 15-19 mm long, and the seeds are winged and smooth (Koontz & Warnock 2011). Flowering occurs from April- June (CNPS 2011, Koontz & Warnock 2011).

Taxonomy: Delphinium umbraculorum is a dicot in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) and is known to hybridizes with D. parryi subsp. parryi and D. patens subsp. montanum (CNPS 2011, Koontz & Warnock 2011).

Identification: Delphinium umbraculorum can be distinguished from other Delphinium species by the presence of green leaves on the lower 20 percent of stem when the plant is in flower, lower stems and petioles that are more-or-less glabrous, fruits that are usually more than three Figure 1. Delphinium times longer than they are wide, roots that are less than seven cm long, lobes of lower leaves umbraculorum. Photo Credits: that are generally over four mm wide, and lateral sepals that are reflexed (Koontz & Warnock Dr. Lloyd G. Simpson©. 2011).

General distribution: Delphinium umbraculorum is endemic to the Outer South Coast Ranges and the Western (Koontz & Warnock 2011) from Monterey County, down through San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, to Ventura County, California (CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There are a total of 18 documented occurrences of Delphinium umbraculorum on the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF) (Fig. 2) (Table 2).

Habitat description: Delphinium umbraculorum is found in shaded or sunny slopes within cismontane woodland communities at 400 to 1600 meter elevations (CNPS 2011). It is frequently found in shale soils, and occasionally in rocky canyons (CNDDB 2011).

Associated species: Eriogonum fasciculatum, Eriophyllum confertifolium, Linanthus ciliatus, Minuartia douglasii, Pseudostuga macrocarpa, Quercus douglasii, Salvia apiana, S. leucophylla, and Sanicula bipinnata (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There is a total of 36 documented occurrences of D. umbraculorum (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011). Little is known about the extent of the occurrences, and most sites have not been visited since the mid- to Figure 2. Distribution of Delphinium umbraculorum in late- 1900's, although one occurrence was described as "scattered" California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. (EO18). Last known, the occurrence on Bureau of Land National Forest land is shaded in green.

Delphinium umbraculorum REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Management land consisted of four plants (EO34), and the occurrences on the Carizo Plain Ecological Reserve had four and ten individuals (EO's 33 & 35, respectively). Due to the limited information, population trends are difficult to discern at this time.

Threats or other information: Delphinium umbraculorum occurrences may be at risk due to hybridization with D. parryi subsp. parryi and D. patens subsp. montanum (CNPS 2011, Koontz & Warnock 2011). Cattle grazing is a threat to populations on Bureau of Land Management land and Carizo Plain Ecological Reserve, and one population was possibly inundated (EO21) (Table 2).

Table 2. Occurrences of Delphinium umbraculorum EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (BLM=Bureau of Land Management, CPER=Carizo Plain Ecological Reserve, FHL=Fort Hunter Liggett, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, PVT=Private, SBA=Santa Barbara, SLO=San Luis Obispo, SLOC=San Luis Obispo County, VEN=Ventura; UNK=Unknown).

Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) 1964 POLLARD White Ledge COLLECTION ONLY 1 VEN Peak 05/21/1964 MURIETTA CANYON. LPNF 2000 SOURCE. ESCONDIDO CANYON AT 1964 BREEDLOVE 2 SBA Carpinteria 05/06/1962 ESCONDIDO SPRING. LPNF 2100 COLLECTION Santa RD TO RIDGE IN SAN ROQUE 1965 CHANDLER 3 SBA Barbara 04/23/1965 CANYON; UNK 1000 COLLECTION 1907 HALL Hildreth MONO CREEK, NEAR COLLECTION ONLY 4 SBA Peak 05/22/1907 OGILVY RANCH. LPNF 1700 SOURCE. UPPER SANTA YNEZ RIVER. ALONG RIVER 4 MI. W OF 1962 BREEDLOVE Little Pine PENDOLA FLATS GUARD COLLECTION ONLY 5 SBA Mtn. 04/14/1962 STATION. LPNF 1650 SOURCE. SANTA CRUZ TRAIL, BETWEEN LITTLE PINE San Marcos SPRING AND SANTA CRUZ 6 SBA Pass 05/05/1968 CREEK. LPNF UNK LOWER OSO CANYON. MAPPED N OF SANTA YNEZ 1962 SMITH San Marcos RIVER NEAR LOS PRIETOS COLLECTION ONLY 7 SBA Pass 06/15/1962 BOYS CAMP. LPNF UNK SOURCE. SCHEIDECKS CAMPGROUND (CAMP SCHEIDECK); ~1 MI. S 1965 SMITH OF LOCKWOOD VALLEY RD, COLLECTION ONLY 8 VEN Reyes Peak 06/22/1965 UPPER CUYAMA VALLEY. UNK UNK SOURCE. PINE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT, 1965 KEEFE Rancho 200 YARDS W (SHOULD THIS COLLECTION ONLY 9 VEN Nuevo Creek 06/05/1965 BE E?) OF HWY 33. LPNF 5100 SOURCE. Big Pine SADDLE ON BIG PINE 1963 BLAKLEY 10 SBA Mtn. 06/27/1963 MOUNTAIN LPNF 6318 COLLECTION 2 MI. W OF HELLS HALF ACRE. AT SPRING ON RD BETWEEN CACHUMA Figueroa SADDLE AND MCKINLEY SMITH COLLECTION 11 SBA Mtn. 06/10/1976 MOUNTAIN. LPNF UNK ONLY SOURCE. SIERRA MADRE RIDGE RD, ABOUT LION CANYON AND 1976 SMITH Salisbury W OF PINE CORRAL COLLECTION ONLY 12 SBA Potrero 05/28/1976 POTRERO. LPNF UNK SOURCE. TYPE IS FROM 1.4 MI. N Bald 0.9 TO 1.4 MI. N OF DAVEY OF DAVY BROWN 13 SBA Mountain 04/13/2008 BROWN CAMPGROUND. LPNF 2800 CAMPGROUND. ALONG BATES CANYON RD; FROM BATES CANYON CAMPGROUND TO Bates INTERSECTION WITH 14 SBA Canyon 05/24/1988 SIERRA MADRE RIDGE RD. LPNF UNK REFUGIO PASS; SANTA TWO SMITH 15 SBA Santa Ynez 06/12/1968 YNEZ MOUNTAINS. LPNF UNK COLLECTIONS VAGUE;

Delphinium umbraculorum REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) ALONG ALAMO PINTADO CREEK, FROM 7 MI. N OF 1962 BREEDLOVE LOS OLIVOS TO BIRBENT COLLECTION ONLY 16 SBA Los Olivos 04/21/1962 CANYON. UNK 1400 SOURCE. Tepusquet COLSON CANYON; E OF 17 SBA Canyon 05/24/1966 SANTA MARIA. LPNF 1500 Miranda Pine (OLD) MIRANDA PINE RD, PLANTS SCATTERED 18 SBA Mtn. 06/03/1963 0.5 MI. S OF PINE FLAT. LPNF 3000 IN 1963. Chimney CANYON; 1973 EDGE 19 SLO Canyon 04/23/1973 ALONG HWY 166. UNK 2000 COLLECTION " Tar Spring HEADWATERS OF ARROYO 1957 HOOVER 20 SLO Ridge 04/11/1957 GRANDE. UNK UNK COLLECTION LOPEZ DAM CONSTRUCTED IN Tar Spring LOPEZ CANYON (NOW 1968, SITE POSSIBLY 21 SLO Ridge 05/03/1953 LOPEZ LAKE). SLOC UNK Inudation INUNDATED. ALONG THE BRADLEY- Hames JOLON RD, 0.8 MI. E OF THE 22 MNT Valley 06/13/1948 RD TO PLEYTO; UNK UNK SAN LUCAS CANYON; ON 1959 HARDHAM Espinosa THE SAN LUCAS- COLLECTION ONLY 23 MNT Canyon 06/01/1959 LOCKWOOD RD UNK UNK SOURCE. 1962 HARDHAM Thomas THOMPSON CANYON; W OF COLLECTION ONLY 24 MNT Canyon 05/11/1962 KING CITY. UNK UNK SOURCE. ON RD TO CHEWS RIDGE 1937 MATHIAS (TASSAJARA RD), 0.5 MI. SE COLLECTION ONLY 25 MNT Chews Ridge 05/30/1937 OF JAMESBAURG. UNK UNK SOURCE. HEADWATERS OF LAS 1959 HARDHAM 26 SLO Adelaida 05/19/1959 TABLAS CREEK. UNK UNK COLLECTION 1947 LEWIS & LEWIS Figueroa 2.9 MI. E OF DAVEY BROWN COLLECTION ONLY 27 SBA Mtn. 05/11/1947 CAMPGROUND. LPNF UNK SOURCE. Santa Paula N SIDE OF SANTA PAULA BURGESS NOTE CITED 28 VEN Peak 1999 PEAK. LPNF UNK IN CNPS SUMMARY. LOWER AGUA CALIENTE 1955 SMITH Hildreth CANYON, GIBRALTAR DAM COLLECTION ONLY 29 SBA Peak 05/18/1955 WATERSHED. LPNF 1800 SOURCE. 2005 HELMKAMP Chimney 1.1 MI. S OF HWY 166 ON COLLECTION ONLY 30 SBA Canyon 04/16/2005 MIRANDA RD. UNK 1725 SOURCE. AREA, IN QUINADO CANYON, 12 MI. S OF KING CITY ALONG 1947 COLLECTION BY 31 MNT Cosio Knob 05/19/1998 JOLON RD (G-14). UNK 1352 LEWIS & EPLING, ONLY SOURCE 1998 Williams 3.7 MI. S OF LOCKWOOD ON COLLECTION BY 32 MNT Hill 05/19/1998 INTERLAKE RD (G-14) NEAR FHL 1049 HELMKAMP. Taylor BOTTOM OF CARRIZO 33 SLO Canyon 05/01/2005 CANYON, 0.3 RD MI. CPER 1660 CGZ 4 PLANTS IN 2005. ALONG CHIMINEAS RD, 1.1 RD MI. SW OF CHIMINEAS Chimineas RANCH HOUSE, E OF 34 SLO Ranch 04/13/2005 CARRIZO CANYON. BLM 2400 CGZ 4 PLANTS IN 2005. LION CANYON, 0.9 MI. NW OF DEADMAN GATE, NW OF 35 SLO Branch Mtn. 05/04/2007 DEADMAN FLAT, CPER. CPER 2400 CGZ 10 PLANTS IN 2007. BONAFACIO HILL, S OF ONLY SOURCES TWO BIXBY CREEK, SANTA 1985 COLLECTIONS BY 36 MNT Big Sur 04/28/1985 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. PVT 2400 YADON.

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/

Delphinium umbraculorum REVISED 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Koontz J. and Warnock, Michael J. 2012. Delphinium. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/01/2011]. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/10/12

Delphinium umbraculorum REVISED 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Fritillaria falcata (Jepson) D.E Beetle (talus fritillary)

Known Potential

Synonym: atropurpurea var. falcata Jeps. (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G2/S2.2 1B.2 BLM Sensitive & USFS Sensitive

Plant description: () (Fig. 1) is a -bearing perennial herb that has two to four large bulb scales, eight to 32 small bulb scales, and stems that are 0.7-2 dm tall. There are 2 to 6 leaves that are alternate, folded, sickle-shaped, more- or-less fleshy near the stem, and widely linear. The flowers are erect, the outside perianth parts are greenish, and the insides are mottled rusty-brown and yellow. The nectaries are yellowish green with brownish spots. The styles are divided, and the fruits are acutely angled (McNeal 2011). Flowering occurs from March–May (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Fritillaria falcata is a monocot in the lily family (Liliaceae). Figure 1. Fritillaria falcata in flower. Photo Credit: Dr. Dean Wm. Taylor, Identification: Fritillaria falcata can be distinguished from the other species of Jepson Herbarium. Fritillaria species and from F. viridea, which is the only other species of Fritillaria other than F. falcata that occurs in the Inner South Coast region by the leaves that are sickle-shaped and alternate, flowers that are more-or-less erect, perianths that are clearly mottled, the presence of two to six leaves and eight to 32 small bulb scales, and style branches that are longer than 1.5 mm (McNeal 2011).

General distribution: Fritillaria falcata occurs in Alameda, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus counties, California (CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There are two documented occurrences of F. falcata on the Los Padres National Forest in the Ventana Wilderness Area (Fig. 2). These occurrences are on South Ventana Cone, on Pine Ridge Trail; and on the north slope of Pine Ridge, west-northwest of South Ventana Cone (Table 2). In addition, there are three occurrences on the Hollister Resource Area, which is the property of the Bureau of Land Management (Table 2, Fig. 2).

Habitat description: Fritillaria falcata appears to grow almost exclusively on talus slopes derived from serpentine within chaparral, cismontane woodland, and lower montane coniferous forest communities at 300–1,525 meter elevations (CNPS 2011).

Associated species: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Allium burlewii, fimbriatum var. sharsmithae, Arctostaphylos benitoensis, A. glauca, Calocedrus decurrens, invenustus, Campanula exigua, Chaenactis glabriuscula, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Cirsium campylon, Clarkia breweri, C. gracilis, Cupressus sargentii, Delphinium nudicaule, Eriogonum umbellatum, Erysimum capitatum, Fritillaria viridea, Linanthus sp., Montia gypsophiloides, Phacelia imbricata, Pinus coulteri, P. jeffreyi, P. sabiniana, Quercus berberidifolia, Q. durata, Rhamnus californica, and Streptanthus breweri (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011). Figure 2. Distribution of Fritillaria falcata in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest Occurrence status and population trends: There are 18 land is shaded in green documented occurrences of F. falcata in California (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011). Population size ranges from eight plants to 5,000; however, population size is unknown for some occurrences.

Fritillaria falcata Revised 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No One occurence increased from eight plants to 2,000-3,000; however, this population was not found when it was last searched for, and hence is assumed to have been impacted by over-collecting (EO08).

Threats or other information: Occourences of F. falcata occurrences on the LPNF are located on a designated Wilderness Area, and not subject to any known threats (Table 2). Other occurrences are at risk due to off-road vehicle use, over-collecting and -poaching, feral pigs, and road and trail construction and maintenance (Table 2). The plants on the north slope of South Ventana Cone are located near Pine Ridge Trail, but Forest Service resource specialists and trail maintenance workers are aware of its location and the need to avoid damage to plants and habitat.

Table 2. Occurrences of Fritillaria falcata EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (* = an occurrence number has not been assigned in the CNDDB; BLM- HRA=Bureau of Land Management- Hollister Resource Area, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, ORV=Off-road vehicle activity, PVT=Private, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) N SLOPE OF S VENTANA CONE, ON PINE RIDGE TRAIL 0.2 MI W OF SADDLE 8 PLANTS IN 1980. POP ALSO Ventana AT HEAD OF TASSAJARA IN 1981 EXTENDING 50 1 Monterey Cones 05/10/1981 CREEK LPNF 4480 YARDS BEYOND 1980 SITE. 12 PLANTS IN 1980 AND 1981 N SLOPE OF PINE RIDGE, WITHIN THE SW COLONY. Ventana ABOUT 0.7 MILE WNW OF S NE COLONY NEEDS 2 Monterey Cones 05/10/1981 VENTANA CONE LPNF 4480 CONFIRMATION; Santa Clara | Mt. 3 Stanislaus Boardman 04/06/1948 ADOBE CREEK. UNK 2500 SP IN 1948. THREE COLLECTIONS: SHARSMITH #1671 UC (1935), W CANYON WALL OF SHARSMITH #3579 UC (1936), ADOBE CREEK, TRIBUTARY AND LEIGH SN UC (1948). Mt. TO ARROYO DEL PUERTO, INCL. FORMER EO #3 FROM 4 Stanislaus Boardman 04/06/1948 RED MTNS. UNK 1400 "ADOBE CREEK". RAVINE IN W-FACING TALUS SLOPE. COLORADO CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF Santa Eylar ARROYO VALLEY RED 7 Clara Mtn. 04/01/1936 MTNS. UNK 2900 SP IN 1936. ABOUT 50 PLANTS IN 1982, 10+ IN 1983, 15 IN 1986, 2000- 3000 IN ADJACENT NEW COLONY IN 1987 (NO MAP ORV | DETAIL). YADON REVISITED N SLOPE OF SAN BENITO Over- THE SITE (DATE UNK, PROB San PEAK, ABOUT 0.35 MILE collectin 2004) & FOUND NO PLANTS San Benito NNE OF RADIO FACILITY ON BLM- g/poachi (APPARENTLY DUE TO 8 Benito Mtn 05/21/1987 SUMMIT, S OF IDRIA. HRA 4700 ng OVER-COLLECTING). LESS THAN 50 PLANTS IN 1983. MORE THAN 100 DEL PUERTO CANYON, PLANTS IN 1985. INCL. ABOUT 1.5 MILE W OF FORMER GENERAL EO #5 Mt. CONFLUENCE WITH ADOBE FROM "ARROYO DEL 9 Stanislaus Boardman 03/24/1985 CANYON, RED MTNS. PVT 1500 PUERTO". RIDGE BETWEEN MAN RIDGE AND ARROYO Cedar MOCHO, ABOUT 4.2 MILES 10 Alameda Mtn. 04/12/1986 SE OF CEDAR MTN SUMMIT. PVT 3000 ~150 PLANTS IN 1986. 100+ PLANTS IN 1986 (PROBABLY MANY MORE), ABOUT 0.7 MILE SE OF SAN 1000 IN 1988. VERY LARGE CARLOS PEAK, SAN ORV | POP; SITE IS IN PRISTINE San CARLOS CREEK DRAINAGE, BLM- Feral CONDITION. JUST OUTSIDE 11 Benito Idria 04/28/1988 S OF IDRIA. HRA 4300 pigs BOTANICAL AREA (1988). SOUTHERN END OF RED MTN, ABOUT 0.9 MILE SE OF Mt. HARNEY SCHOOL, ALONG FEWER THAN 50 PLANTS IN 12 Stanislaus Boardman 05/03/1984 THE SCL/STA COUNTY LINE. UNK 2960 1984. Santa RED MTN, ABOUT 0.4 MILE Clara | Mt. SSE OF SUMMIT AND 0.9 FEWER THAN 100 PLANTS IN 13 Stanislaus Boardman 05/03/1984 MILE E OF HARNEY UNK 3580 1984. Fritillaria falcata Revised 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) SCHOOL, ALONG THE SCL/STA COUNTY LINE.

E SLOPE OF RED MTN, ABOUT 0.6 MILE E OF Mt. SUMMIT, E OF THE SCL/STA 400 PLANTS BETWEEN EOS 14 Stanislaus Boardman 04/11/1995 COUNTY LINE. PVT 2800 #14 AND 15 IN 1995. 400 PLANTS BETWEEN EOS #14 AND 15 IN 1995. SUMMIT Santa SUMMIT AND NE SLOPE OF COLONY REPORTED TO BE Clara | Mt. RED MTN, ALONG THE IN NEARLY PRISTINE 15 Stanislaus Boardman 04/11/1995 SCL/STA COUNTY LINE. PVT 3000 CONDITION. S SLOPES OF BLACKBIRD Santa Mt. VALLEY, ABOUT 2.3 MILES 16 Clara Boardman 05/14/1994 NW OF RED MTN SUMMIT. PVT 3200 RTCM 5000 PLANTS IN 1994. SW END OF BLACKBIRD VALLEY ALONG MINES Santa Eylar ROAD, ABOUT 2.7 MILES NW 17 Clara Mtn. 05/14/1994 OF RED MTN SUMMIT. PVT 2700 RTCM ABOUT 2500 PLANTS IN 1994. 50+ PLANTS BETWEEN 2 COLONIES IN 1988, 85 PLANTS IN MAIN COLONY IN TUNNEL CREEK, NW SLOPE 1993. AREA IS OF GREAT OF CEDAR MTN ABOUT 1.1 BOTANICAL VALUE. MORE Cedar MILES NW OF SUMMIT, SE FRFA PROBABLY OCCURS IN 18 Alameda Mtn. 04/10/1993 OF LIVERMORE. PVT 2500 THE AREA. 200 INDIVIDUALS IN 2003; PLANTS GROWING WITHIN San ABOUT 0.7 MI SE OF SAN BLM (- A FENCED BOTANICAL 19 Benito Idria 05/09/2003 CARLOS PEAK. HRA?) 4406 ORV RESEARCH AREA. Mt. Hamilton Range, Red Mts., Colorado Creek - a tributary of Arroyo Valle Inner S. Coast * Santa Ranges, Mt. Hamilton Range, 20 Clara UNK 04/01/1936 Red Mts., Colorado UNK 2900

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ McNeal, Dale W. 2012. Fritillaria. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/on [08/02/ 2011]. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/10/12

Fritillaria falcata Revised 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Fritillaria viridea Kellogg (San Benito fritillary)

Known Potential

Synonym: Liliorhiza viridea (Kellogg) Kellogg (USDA Plants 2011).

Table 1. Management Status by government and private agencies (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011) Federal Listing Status; Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists State Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G2/S2 1B.2 BLM sensitive & USFS sensitive

Plant description: Fritillaria viridea (Liliaceae) (Fig. 1) is a perennial herb that is 3-6.5 dm tall. There are 3-5 large bulb scales, and 0-4 small bulb scales. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate, in 1-2 whorls with 3-4 leaves near the base and alternate arrangement higher up. The flowers are nodding. The perianth is pale green to blackish or dark purple. The nectary is about 1/2 the length of the perianth and is lanceolate and green. The style is equally divided (McNeal 2011). Flowering occurs from March–May (CNPS 2011, McNeal 2011).

Taxonomy: Fritillaria viridea is a monocot of the fritillary genus (Fritillaria) in the lily family (Liliaceae).

Identification: Fritillaria viridea is distinguished from other Fritillaria species due to a unique combination of a pale green to blackish or dark purple perianth that is not mottled, a nectary that is about half the length of the perianth, and 0-4 small bulb scales (McNeal 2011).

General Distribution: Fritillaria viridea is endemic to California and occurs in Fresno, Monterey, San Benito, and San Luis Obispo Counties (CNPS 2011). Figure 1. Fritillaria viridea in flower. Photo Credit: Pete Veilleux Distribution in the Planning Area: There are two occurrences of Fritillaria viridea on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2) (EO's 05, 07). These occurrences are located on a ridge that is northwest of Cuesta Peak, near the north fork of San Antonio River, respectively.

Habitat Description: Fritillaria viridea grows in serpentine and ultramafic soils within chaparral communities at 200-1525 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011), as well as in riparian areas and along stream banks (CNDDB 2011).

Associated species: Allium spp., Arctostaphylos glandulosa, A. glauca, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Ceanothus cuneata, Calocedrus decurrens, Clematis lasiantha, Epilobium brachycarpum, Eriogonum umbellatum, Fritillaria falcata, Garrya congdonii, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Lomatium spp., Manzanita spp., Marah fabaceus, spp., Pinus coulteri, P. sabiniana, Quercus berberdifolia, Q. dumosa, Q. durata, and Rhamnus ilicifolia. Rare associates include

Calystegia collina subsp. venusta, Gallium andrewsii gatense, Figure 2. Distribution of Fritillaria viridea (San Benito fritillary) in discoidea, Monardella antonina subsp. benitensis, and California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest Solidago guiradonis. lands are shaded in green.

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 18 occurrences of Fritillaria viridea (Fig. 2). Occurrence abundances range from one to thousands of plants (Table 2). One occurrence increased in abundance (EO17). Other population trends are difficult to discern at this time due to limited information.

Threats or other information: Fritillaria viridea is threatened by vehicle use and expanding mining activities (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011), as well as off-road vehicle use, foot traffic and trampling, road and trail construction and maintenance, feral Fritillaria viridea REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No pigs, military operations, erosion and runoff, vandalism, dumping, and littering. Current or anticipated land uses in Wilderness or established botanical special interest areas are not expected to impact F. viridea habitat that is, or may be, present in those areas.

Table 2. Occurrences of Fritillaria viridea The EO numbers correspond with the labeled locations in Figure 2. (BLM=Bureau of Land Management, DOD= Dept. of defense- Fort Hunter, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT= Monterey, ORV=Off- road vehicle use, PVT=Private, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, Rec.= Recreation, SLO= San Luis Obispo, SBT=San Benito, VDL= Vandalism/ dumping/ litter; UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) ALONG RD IN CLEAR CREEK CANYON, ~1.3 BLM- INDIVIDUALS IN 1992 AIRMI NW OF HOLLIST (TAYLOR). 10 IN 2003 1 SBT SBT Mtn. 04/26/2003 GOAT MTN. ER RA 3000 ORV (CARTER).

CLEAR CREEK RD, 3 SBT Idria 1974 1 MI W OF IDRIA. PVT 3400 SP 1974.

RIDGE NW OF 5 SLO SLO 04/15/1964 CUESTA PASS. LPNF 1600 SP 1964. ALONG GRADE 6 MI ABOVE MORO (MORRO BAY) ON Morro Bay ATASCADERO 6 SLO North 04/16/1929 ROAD UNK 1200 HORSE TRAIL TO CONE PEAK, ~ 2 MI FROM N FORK SAN ANTONIO RIVER; SANTA 7 MNT Cone Peak 03/28/1923 LUCIA MTNS. LPNF 3400

RD ALONG CLEAR BLM- 55 INDIVIDUALS IN 1992 AT CREEK, E OF HOLLIST COLONY (1), 300 AT COLONY 9 SBT Idria 04/27/1992 HERNANDEZ. ER RA 3000 ORV (2), AND 25 AT COLONY (3). Santa Rita Peak Fresno | Ciervo CANTUA CREEK, 10 SBT Mtn. 05/19/1893 NEAR NEW IDRIA. UNK NEAR COAST RIDGE RD, 0.9 AIRMI NW OF BASKET SPRING RTCM; Alder Peak AND 1.7 AIRMI S MO| Rec. | Cape San OF SAN MIGUEL (non-ORV) 11 MNT Martin 04/22/1997 CREEK. DOD- 3150 | Feral pigs MOUTH OF SAWMILL CREEK, ~1.2 AIRMI S OF BLM- ALTA PEAK; SBT HOLLIST 12 SBT SBT Mtn. 05/19/1993 RIVER. ER RA 3840 ONE INDIVIDUAL IN 1993. ROAD ALONG CLEAR CREEK, EAST OF 13 SBT Idria 03/05/1992 HERNANDEZ. UNK 2720 ORV 40 INDIVIDUALS IN 1992. ALONG CLEAR CREEK, APPROX 1.4 AIRMI SOUTH 14 SBT Idria 04/27/1992 OF IDRIA PEAK. BLM 3700 ORV 10-20 INDIVIDUALS IN 1992. ALONG CLEAR CREEK, ~2.1 AIRMI SOUTH OF 15 SBT Idria 04/27/1992 SAMPSON PEAK. UNK 3700 ORV 0.6 MI SE OF SAN CARLOS PEAK; SBT MTN. 1992 TAYLOR COLLECTION 16 SBT Idria 04/29/1992 REGION. BLM 4300 ONLY SOURCE

Fritillaria viridea REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) AURORA MINE, ALONG AURORA ORV | BYPASS ROAD Mining | SOUTHWEST VDL | Foot FROM SAN traffic/tram CARLOS CREEK; pling | 50-100 PLANTS IN 1982. TWO APPROX 5.5 MI Erosion/run COLONIES IN 2005: 131 17 SBT Idria 05/04/2005 SOUTH OF IDRIA. UNK 4048 off PLANTS AT ON SE SIDE OF LAGUNA CREEK ARM OF Hernandez HERNANDEZ 18 SBT Reservoir 05/22/1991 RESERVOIR. UNK 2450 Other 20 INDIVIDUALS IN 1991. PREFUMO SLO | CANYON, 1.2 MI S Morro Bay OF LOS OSOS 19 SLO South 04/20/2000 VALLEY ROAD. UNK 600 SBT Mtn. | NORTH SIDE OF 20 SBT Idria 05/15/1982 SBT MOUNTAIN. BLM 5000 ORV ~50 INDIVIDUALS IN 1982. ALONG SOUTHERN BRANCH OF LARIOUS CREEK FLOWING TO WESTERN END OF LARIOUS CANYON; 1.5 AIRMI E OF BYLES 21 SBT Idria 04/05/2005 CANYON. BLM 3000 ORV 1000+ INDIVIDUALS IN 2005.

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH ). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ McNeal, Dale W. 2011 (in press). Liliaceae. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on 1 July 2011. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Fritillaria viridea REVISED 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes

Galium clementis Eastwood (Santa Lucia bedstraw)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011)

Table 1. Management Status by government and private agencies (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011) Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G2/S2.3 1B.3 USFS_S-Sensitive

Plant description: Galium clementis (Rubiaceae) (Fig. 1) is a low matted perennial with gray-hairy herbage. It generally has linear leaves in whorls of 4, although occasionally there are 6. The leaf margins are turned down and the leaf tip is tapered to obtuse. The staminate flowers are arranged in small clusters in the upper axils, while the pistillate flowers are solitary, rotate, and have yellowish corollas (Soza, 2011).

Taxonomy: Galium clementis is a member of madder family (Rubiaceae) and was described in 1933 by Alive Eastwood.

Identification: Galium clementis is distinguished by the narrow leaves with inrolled margins that are usually in whorls of four; the hairy fruits; and the presence of herbaceous, rather than woody, stems (Soza, 2011). Figure 1. Galium clementis Photo Credit: Pete General Distribution: Galium clementis is endemic to the Santa Lucia Veilleux Mountains of Monterey County (Soza 2011, Rodgers 1999).

Distribution in the Planning Area: All ten occurrences of Galium clementis are located on Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2). Seven of these occurrences are in the Ventana and Areas (Rogers 1999).

Habitat Description: Galium clementis occurs on rocky soils derived from granite or serpentinite in montane coniferous forest at 1,130–1,780 meter elevations (CNPS 2011). In the event of disturbance by wildfire, G. clementis responds by producing new shoots from surviving root crowns, though for the most part, G. clementis is an avoider, occupying habitats that have very low fire frequencies owing to their steep slopes and low surface fuel accumulations.

Associated species: Galium clementis is sometimes found growing with Galium californicum subsp. luciense or Galium hardhamiae. In describing the vegetation that is associated with Abies bracteata, Talley (1974) reported that Galium clementis is often found with Abies bracteata over the tree's entire range of habitats, from exposed south-facing cliffs to beneath closed stands of Quercus chyrsolepis and Lithocarpus densiflorus.

Occurrence status and population trends: Occurrences are known from Ventana Double Cone, Junipero Serra Peak, Black Butte, Cone Peak, Cruickshank Trail below Lion Den Campground, Pinyon Peak, and Los Burros (Table 2). Field surveys in 2002 (Delgado) resulted in the discovery of a new location for G. clementis on Black Cone Trail. Population trends are difficult to discern at this time due to limited information. Figure 2. Distribution of Galium clementis in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest lands are shaded in green.

Galium clementis REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Threats or other information: Possible threats to Galium clementis, in particular to those occurrences near trails and Church Creek Camp (EO's 3,10, & 8) are foot traffic, trail maintenance, and camp activities.

Table 2. Occurrences of Galium clementis The EO numbers correspond with the labeled locations in Figure 2. (* = an occurrence number has not been assigned in the CNDDB, but the occurrences have been documented by herbarium specimens from the Consortium of California Herbaria; LPNF= Los Padres National Forest, MON= Monterey county; UNK= Unknown). Land Elev. EO County Quad Date Location General Comments Manager (ft) SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, Cone ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST 2 MON Peak 03/28/1923 OF CONE PEAK. LPNF 3250 SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, CONE PEAK, FROM VICINTY OF SUMMIT TO ABOUT 2.5 TYPE LOCATION. CONE PEAK Cone MILES NORTH ALONG PREVIOUSLY SANTA LUCIA PEAK. NOT 3 MON Peak 2/08/1977 TRAIL. LPNF 4250 COLLECTED SINCE SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, Junipero JUNIPERO SERRA PEAK, Serra NORTH AND SOUTH OF NUMEROUS COLLECTIONS FROM 5000- 4 MON Peak 06/30/1962 SUMMIT. LPNF 5400 5800 FEET, NONE LATER THAN 1962. Junipero SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, Serra ABOUT 1.0 MILES EAST OF OBSERVATION. ONLY OTHER SOURCE 5 MON Peak 1974 JUNIPERO SERRA PEAK. LPNF 4500 1972 COLLECTION ONLY DATED SOURCE 1967 COLLECTION Junipero (YADON SN). BASED ON 1977 MAP BY Serra SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, FAIRFAX IN THE NE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 6 MON Peak 07/23/1967 PINYON PEAK. LPNF OF SECTION 25. BASED ON COLLECTIONS (1979?) FROM "BLACK BUTTE, 4850 FEET" (GRIFFIN #4170A-B) AND "RIDGE OF BLACK Chews BUTTE, ALSO BELOW ALONG 7 MON Ridge 07/12/1979 BLACK BUTTE. LPNF 4850 TASSAJARA ROAD" (YADON SN). RIDGE BETWEEN TASSAJARA AND CHURCH CREEKS, ABOUT 0.9 MILES Chews SSW OF CHURCH CREEK 8 MON Ridge 06/23/1979 CAMP. LPNF Ventana 9 MON Cones 06/08/1975 VENTANA DOUBLE CONE. LPNF CRUIKSHANK TRAIL, LOS Burro PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, *10 MON Mountain 5.75 MILES UP TRAIL. LPNF Chews Ridge region Black Butte (Black Butte, Los Padres National Forest) - Los Padres National *11 MON Forest, , Chews Ridge region LPNF 4850

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 3.1.1. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH ). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Delgado, Julie Anne. 2002. "Survey results from reconnaissance of Black Cone Trail, Monterey Ranger District." Unpublished document. On file, Los Padres National Forest, Ojai, Calif. Rogers, David. 1999. Unique and noteworthy plants of the Santa Lucia Mountains. Part One: The endemic bedstraws of the Santa Lucia Mountains. The Double Cone Quarterly 2(1). Soza, V. 2012. Galium. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on 06/10/201 Talley, Steven N. 1974. The ecology of Santa Lucia fir (Abies bracteata), a narrow endemic of California. Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: __X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Galium clementis REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes

Horkelia yadonii B. Ertter (Santa Lucia )

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Management Status by government and private agencies (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G3/S3.2 4.2 USFS Sensitive

Plant description: Horkelia yadonii () (Fig. 1) is a rhizomatous perennial herb that is tufted to matted and gray-green, with stems that are usually 20-60 cm long and covered in spreading hairs. The leaves are commonly 6 to 20 cm long; with seven to 16 leaflets on each side that are separated to more-or-less crowded, normally four to 15 mm long, wedge-shaped to round, frequently deeply notched, have approximately three to 20 teeth or lobes, and hairs that are generally dense. The are more-or-less open, contain 5 to 10 flowers, and have pedicels that are usually one to seven mm long. The hypanthiums are generally three to six mm wide and more than approximately two times their length, with inner walls that are more-or-less hairy, bractlets that are lanceolate to ovate, and petals that are oblanceolate to elliptic. The fruits are approximately 1.5 mm long (Ertter 2011). Flowering occurs from April–July (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Horkelia yadonii is a dicot in the rose family (Rosaceae).

Figure 1. Horkelia yadonii. Photo Identification: Horkelia yadonii is sometimes mistaken for H. cuneata subsp. sericea, H. Credit: Laura Ann Eliassen. rydbergii, and H. tenuiloba (CNPS 2011), although those three other species do not occur in the Outer South Coast Ranges, in which H. yadonii, H. cuneata subsp. cuneata, and H. c. subsp. puberula do occur (Ertter 2011). Key distinguishing characteristics of H. yadonii are its inflorescences that are commonly more-or-less open, stem hairs that are spreading, leaves that have six to 16 leaflets on each side that are more-or-less palmately veined at the base and wedge- shaped to round, petals that are oblanceolate to elliptic, hypanthiums that are usually three to six mm wide, and bractlets that are one to two mm wide and lanceolate to ovate (Ertter 2011).

General distribution: Horkelia yadonii is known from Monterey, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties, California (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Three of the occurrences occur on the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation in Monterey County (EO's 03, 04, & 05).

Distribution in the planning area: There are six H. yadonii occurrences on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2), which are located along the trail leading from Boucher's Gap to Ventana Double Cone, on Black Mountain, in the San Rafael Mountains on Big Pine Mountain and at Mission Pine, and in the Santa Lucia Mountains in Pine and Hanging valleys (Table 2).

Habitat description: Horkelia yadonii occurs in granitic and sandy soils, and in meadows and seeps, chaparral, cismontane woodland, broadleafed upland forest, and riparian woodland communities at 300-1,900 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011).

Associated species: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Aira caryophyllea, Avena fatua, Briza minor, Cupressus sargentii, Figure 2. Distribution of Horkelia yadonii in California Ceanothus cuneatus, C. leucodermis, Cercocarpus betuloides, Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest Eleocharis sp., Epipactis gigantea, Gnaphalium californicum, land is shaded in green. Holozonia filipes, Juncus falcatus, J. macrophyllus, J. Horkelia yadonii Revised 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes phaeocephalus, J. tenuis, Muhlenbergia rigens, Pinus sabiniana, Platanus racemosa, Pogogyne clareana, Polypogon sp., Quercus douglasii, Sisyrinchium bellum, and Thalictrum fendleri (CCH 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 10 occurrences of H. yadonii in California (Table 2, Fig. 2), of which two populations are uncommon (EO's 03 &04), one consists of one plant (EO05), and one population is healthy (EO09). Other population sizes are unknown. Due to this limited information, population trends are currently difficult to discern.

Threats or other information: Horkelia yadonii may be threatened by vehicle traffic and recreational activities (CNPS 2011) and feral pigs have been observed to wallow where one population occurs (Ertter 1993A).

Table 2. Occurrences of Horkelia yadonii EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. This species is not currently tracked in the CNDDB, therefore the “EO” numbers represent occurrences that have been documented by herbarium specimens (* = an occurrence number has not been assigned in the CNDDB; FHLMR=Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, SBA=Santa Barbara, SLO=San Luis Obispo, UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. General EO County Quad Location Threats (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) Comments Big Pine San Rafael Mtns: rd side on S face of * 1 SBA Mtn 6/29/1961 Big Pine Mtn 0.5 mi from the top LPNF 6050 San Rafael * 2 SBA Mtn 7/25/1930 San Rafael Mtns: Mission Pine LPNF UNK Santa Lucia Mtns Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. south of Jolon near confluence of Los Burros Creek Burnett and Nacimiento River at end of 1000- * 3 MNT Peak 5/29/1983 pavement on San Jones Canyon Road FHLMR 1100 Uncommon Upper end of lower gorge of Los Burros Creek, ca. 0.4 km north of Burnett 7/3/ confluence with Main FK Los Bueyes * 4 MNT Peak 1999 Creek, sw of Burro Mtn FHLMR 1300 Uncommon Burnett Santa Lucia Mountains Fort Hunter- * 5 MNT Peak 7/14/2005 Liggett. Bueyes Ck. (dry bed). FHLMR 1 plant Chews Pine Valley, W-NW of Nason's Camp * 6 MNT Ridge 9/28/1996 and cabin Santa Lucia Mountains LPNF 3140 Junipero Arroyo Seco Rd. Hanging Valley, * 7 MNT Serra Peak 6/21/1975 Santa Lucia Mountains LPNF Central Western; Outer South Coast Ranges region Trail from Boucher's 3500- * 8 MNT Big Sur 5/14/1962 Gap to Ventana Double Cone LPNF 4000 E side of Black Mt., La Panza Range ca 20 airmiles ENE of San Luis Camatta Obispo, Hunter Spring at head of * 9 SLO Ranch 6/10/1989 Fernandez Creek LPNF 2200 Healthy Santa * 10 SLO Margarita 6/13/1938 Calf Canyon UNK UNK

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Ertter, Barbara. 2012. Horkelia. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/05/2011]. Ertter, Barbara. 1993. A re-evaluation of the Horkelia bolanderi (Rosaceae) complex, with the new species Horkelia yadonii. Systematic Botany 18(1) 137- 144. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Horkelia yadonii Revised 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Malacothamnus palmeri (Wats.) Greene var. involucratus (Rob.) Kearn (Carmel Valley bush mallow)

Known Potential

Synonym: Malvastrum involucratum B.L. Rob. (Basionym) (Tropicos 2011). A synonym of M. palmeri in The Jepson Manual (CNPS 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank BLM Sensitive & USFS None; None G3T2Q/S2.2 1B.2 Sensitive

Plant description: Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus (Malvaceae) (Fig. 1) is a perennial, deciduous shrub that is less than 2.5 meters tall, with branches that are with hairs that are stalked, more-or-less yellow, occasionally glandular and bristly, and shaggy woolly to short- hairy. The leaf blades are thin, five-lobed, and are more-or-less glabrous adaxially. The inflorescences are head-like, with both more than 10 flowers and leaf-like bracts per inflorescence. The involucre bracts are 20 mm wide and frequently larger than the petals. The petals are one to three cm long and the flower stalks are more-or-less absent. The calyces are less than, or are, 1.5 cm long; the calyx lobes are awl-shaped to lanceolate, The fruit segments are less than four mm long, ovate, either deeply or narrowly notched, and brown (Baldwin 2011). Flowering occurs from May–October (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus is a dicot in the mallow family (Malvaceae) and is considered a synonym of Malacothamnus palmeri by some taxonomic Figure 1. Malacothamnus palmeri authorities (Bates 1993). var. involucratus Photo Credit: Chris Winchell

Identification: Malacothamnus palmeri is distinguished from other members of the genus Malacothamnus by its wider bracts subtending the calyx and head-like inflorescence (Bates 1993). Matthews (1997) separates M. palmeri var. involucratus from M. palmeri var. lucianus on the basis of leaf color (bright green versus pale green), the location of stellate hairs on the leaves (lower surface only versus both surfaces), shape (entire and lanceolate versus ovate and lobed), and petal length (10-20 mm versus 20-30 mm).

General distribution: Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus occurs in San Luis Obispo, Pacific Ocean, and Monterey counties, California (CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There is one documented occurrence of M.p. var. involucratus on the LPNF (Fig. 2), which is located between Morro Bay and Atascadero, near Cerro Alto Public Camp (EO01).

Habitat description: Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus grows in chaparral, cismontane woodland, and coastal scrub at 30–1,100 meter elevations (CNPS 2011). In Monterey County, habitat for Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus is described as "disturbed places" (Matthews 1997).

Associated species: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos sp., Artemisia , Avena barbata, Baccharis pilularis, Ceanothus sp., Collinsia heterophylla, Dendromecon rigida, Deschampsia spp., Eridictyon sp., Lonicera subspicata, Lotus scoparius, gracilis, Pickeringia montana, Pinus attenuata, P. sabiniana, , Purshia tridentata, Quercus agrifolia, Q. douglasii, Q. dumosa, Q. Figure 2. Distribution of M. p.var. involucratus in California lobata, Q. wislizeni, Ribes aureum, R. quercetorum, Salvia mellifera, Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest land is shaded in green. Sambucus mexicana, Satureja douglasii, and Toxicodendron diversilobum (CNDDB 2011). Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus Revised 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Occurrence status and population trends: There are 32 occurrences of M. p.var. involucratus in California (Table 2, Fig. 2). Population sizes range from eight to thousands of plants, although the population size for many of the occurrences is unknown.

Threats or other information: The occurrences of M. p.var. involucratus on Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reserve land are threatened by grazing and military operations (Table 2). A single occurrence on privately owned land in Monterey County is at risk due to development (EO29). Road and trail construction and maintenance threaten one occurrence on land with unknown ownership (EO12). The occurrence on the LPNF has no recognized threats (EO01).

Table 2. Occurrences of M. p. var. involucratus EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (BLM=Bureau of Land Management, DOD- FHLMR=Department of Defense- Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reserve, HRA=Hollister Resource Area, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, MO=Military operations, PO=Pacific Ocean, PVT=Private, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, SLO=San Luis Obispo, UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad (M/D/ Location Threats General Comments Manager (ft.) Y) NEAR CERRO ALTO PUBLIC 06/29/1 CAMP, BETWEEN MORRO MAIN SOURCE 1947 1 SLO Atascadero 946 BAY AND ATASCADERO. LPNF 1200 COLLECTION BY HOOVER. KLAU-CAMBRIA ROAD Cypress 06/01/1 ALONG SOUTH FORK OF LAS ONLY SOURCE 1939 2 SLO Mountain 939 TABLAS CREEK, UNK 2200 COLLECTION BY FERRIS. Pebblestone 06/14/1 FORKS OF SAN SIMEON ONLY SOURCE 1955 3 SLO Shut-in 955 CREEK. UNK 1200 COLLECTION BY HOOVER. AREA SEARCHED IN 1982 Williams 04/17/1 JOLON GRADE ABOUT 7.7 BLM, BY L. KIGUCHI, BUT NO 4 MNT Hill 938 MILES EAST OF JOLON PVT 1300 PLANTS. 06/18/1 5 MNT Jolon 937 JOLON. UNK 1100 TYPE LOCALITY. AREA, KNOWN FROM A 1959 COLLECTION BY HARDHAM. VICINITY REVISITED IN 1982 NO ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF PLANTS FOUND Espinosa 05/12/1 SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL, SAN ALTHOUGH HABITAT 6 MNT Canyon 959 LUCAS ROAD. UNK GOOD. SUPHUR SPRING CANYON DOD- 10/25/1 NEAR THE NE EDGE OF FORT FHLMR, 1 PLANT IN 1982. ~45 7 MNT Cosio Knob 995 HUNTER LIGGETT. PVT 1500 Grazing | MO PLANTS IN 1995. ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF JOLON ROAD AT HEAD OF QUINADO CANYON AND 2.5 08/17/1 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLM- 8 MNT Cosio Knob 990 COSIO KNOB. HRA 1400 Grazing 300 PLANTS IN 1990. 0.75 MILE WEST OF SUMMIT OF JOLON ROAD BETWEEN 08/03/1 JOLAN VALLEY AND BLM- 9 MNT Cosio Knob 990 QUINADO CANYON. HRA 1700 500 PLANTS IN 1990. ABOUT 3 MILES WNW OF JOLON ROAD AT HEAD OF QUINADO CANYON, ABOUT BLM- 08/03/1 3 MILES NNE OF COSIO HRA, 600 PLANTS IN 1990. 10 MNT Cosio Knob 990 KNOB. PVT 1600 Grazing PARCELS OWNED BY BLM HILLS EAST OF JOLON ROAD 06/18/1 AND SOUTH OF CRAZY BLM- THOUSANDS OF PLANTS IN 11 MNT Cosio Knob 982 CANYON. HRA 1500 1982. SUMMIT OF JOLON GRADE KNOWN FROM MULTIPLE 06/27/1 BETWEEN KING CITY AND COLLECTIONS OVER MANY 12 MNT Cosio Knob 991 JOLON. UNK 1500 RTCM YEARS. ALONG LAURELES GRADE ONLY SOURCES 1959 ROAD (COUNTY HIGHWAY COLLECTION BY HOWITT, 20) IN THE VICINITY OF 1974 COLLECTION BY Spreckels | 05/15/1 ROBLEY ROAD AND GRIFFIN, AND 1989 13 MNT Seaside 989 BARONET ROAD. UNK COLLECTION BY YADON. VICINITY OF UNION ELEMENTARY ONLY SOURCE 1961 05/13/1 SCHOOL, CORRAL DE COLLECTION BY 14 MNT Spreckels 961 TIERRA, UNK 600 HARDHAM.

Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus Revised 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad (M/D/ Location Threats General Comments Manager (ft.) Y) SALINAS-CARMEL VALLEY TWO COLLECTIONS; ROAD, ABOUT 0.1 MILE FOLLETT AND FOLLETT 05/21/1 SOUTH OF CORRAL DE (SN CAS) IN 1959 AND 15 MNT Spreckels 959 TIERRA ROAD. UNK 400 DUDLEY (SN DS) IN 1901. CANADA DE SEGUNDO, 08/27/1 EAST OF JACKS PEAK 16 MNT Seaside 987 COUNTY PARK PVT 440 ABOUT 300 PLANTS IN 1987. ACROSS CARMEL VALLEY ROAD FROM MONTEREY 05/23/1 COUNTY SAVINGS & LOAN 17 MNT Seaside 977 ASSOCIATION BANK UNK 05/31/1 CARMEL VALLEY, 8 TO 9 18 MNT Seaside 953 MILES FROM CARMEL. UNK 200 MAIN SOURCE 1956 Mt. Carmel 02/25/1 ABOUT 12 MILES SE OF COLLECTION BY VAN 19 MNT | Seaside 956 MONTEREY UNK 200 BROCKLIN. MAPPED MNT | 20 PO Monterey UNK NEAR PACIFIC GROVE. UNK 160 SULPHUR SPRING CANYON, NEAR JUNCTION OF UPPER 04/22/1 MILPITAS ROAD AND DOD- FEWER THAN 10 PLANTS IN 21 MNT Cosio Knob 996 SULPHUR SPRING RD, FHLMR 1300 Grazing | MO 1995. MISSION CREEK, NEAR Cosio Knob MISSION CREEK ROAD | Bear 09/12/1 ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF DOD- FEWER THAN 10 PLANTS IN 22 MNT Canyon 994 UPPER MILPITAS ROAD, FHLMR 1200 Grazing 1994. ALONG SAN SIMEON CREEK, ONLY SOURCE 1996 09/22/1 CIRCA 0.2 MILE EAST OF CA COLLECTION BY 23 SLO Cambria 996 HIGHWAY 1. UNK 20 HELMKAMP. LOCKWOOD - SAN ARDO Hames 07/29/1 ROAD, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF ONLY SOURCE 1989 24 MNT Valley 989 WILLIAMS HILL. UNK COLLECTION BY YADON. Espinosa 05/19/1 QUINADO CANYON, WEST ONLY SOURCE 1994 25 MNT Canyon 994 FROM KING CITY. UNK 1400 COLLECTION BY TAYLOR. MAIN SOURCE 1978 Espinosa 04/23/1 8 MILES NORTH OF COLLECTION BY LIND. 26 MNT Canyon 978 LOCKWOOD UNK 1939 Espinosa 05/03/1 NORTH OF WILLIAMS HILL, BETTER LOCATION INFO 27 MNT Canyon 990 ESPINOSA CANYON BLM NEEDED. SULPHUR SPRING CANYON, JUST NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF SULPHUR Grazing | 04/23/1 SPRING ROAD AND DOD- Military 3 PLANTS IN 1994 AND 8 IN 28 MNT Cosio Knob 995 MILPITAS ROAD. FHLMR 1400 operations 1995 WITHIN TRANSECT. ALONG HIGHWAY 68 2.2 ROAD MILES EAST OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE 07/18/2 MONTEREY MUNICIPAL 29 MNT Seaside 003 AIRPORT. PVT 200 Dev 10 PLANTS IN 2003. Seaside | 05/21/1 CARMEL VALLEY, 2 MILES ONLY SOURCE 1955 30 MNT Monterey 955 FROM HIGHWAY 1. UNK COLLECTION BY HOWITT. PROPERTY AT THE END OF 02/02/2 VIA CAZADOR, TIERRA ONLY SOURCE 2002 31 MNT Seaside 002 GRANDE SUBDIVISION PVT 500 COLLECTION BY YADON. ONLY SOURCE 1936 07/27/1 CARMEL RIVER AT CANADA COLLECTION BY 32 MNT Seaside 936 DEL LA ORDENA. UNK 200 WHEELER.

Literature Cited Bates, David M. 1993. Malacothamnus. In Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus Revised 2011 3 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Matthews, Mary Ann. 1997. An illustrated field key to the flowering plants of Monterey County and ferns, fern allies, and conifers. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Malacothamnus palmeri var. involucratus Revised 2011 4 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Malacothamnus palmeri (Wats.) Greene var. lucianus Kearn (Arroyo Seco bush-mallow)

Known Potential

Synonym: Malvastrum involucratum B.L. Rob. (Basionym) (Tropicos 2011), Malacothamnus palmeri (CNPS 2011), Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri (Jepson Flora Project 2005).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank BLM Sensitive & USFS None; None G3T1Q/S1.2 1B.2 Sensitive

Plant description: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus (Malvaceae) (Fig. 1) is a perennial deciduous shrub (CNPS 2011) with herbage that has an unpleasant odor, such as that of rancid grease. The leaves are rather copiously pubescent adaxially, and usually have a distinctly cordate base. The bracts taper at both ends and are not more than 2.5 mm wide. The involucel bractlets are subulate and approximately 0.5 mm wide, while two or three of the outermost inflorescence bracts are much broader and deeply dentate (Kearney 1955). The petals are pinkish-violet. Flowering occurs from April-August (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus is a dicot in the mallow family Figure 1. Malacothamnus palmeri var. (Malvaceae). This variety is not currently recognized in the Jepson II Manual lucianus Photo Credit: Dieter Wilken (Baldwin 2011). Malacothamnus palmeri is variable and forms intergrade with respect to hair type, density, bract and bractlet width, calyx size and inflorescence form. (Jepson Flora Project 2005). Status of this taxon may change when revision of the genus Malacothamnus is completed (Painter 2004).

Identification: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus can is distinguished from the other two varieties Malacothamnus palmeri by its bracts and bractlets, which are narrower than those of the other species, and involucel bractlets that are subulate (Kearney 1955).

General distribution: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus is endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey County, California (CNPS 2011). It is positively known from only one location in the area near Hanging Valley, in the upper Arroyo Seco watershed, Los Padres National Forest. Three other occurrences have been reported from near the coast of Big Sur (CNDDB 2011) but the identification of these plants is not certain and it also uncertain whether any of these putative occurrences remain extant.

Distribution in the planning area: While there are no documented occurrences of Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus on the Los Padres National Forest, there is one on an area of land with unknown ownership that is surrounded by the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2, EO02). This occurrence is located three miles from Escondo on Arroyo Seco, south of Hanging Valley (EO02). The three other occurrences are located closer to the coast, and are also in close proximity to the forest boundary, but to a lesser degree (Fig. 2). Given the localities of Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus, it is possible that the species also occurs on the Los Padres National Forest.

Habitat description: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus occurs in chaparral and canyon live oak woodland at elevations of about 2,800 feet (900 meters). It is found on gravel banks and sandstone rocks on west and southwest-facing slopes in full Figure 2. Distribution of Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red sunlight (CNDDB 2011). points. National Forest land is shaded in green.

Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus Revised 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Associated species: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Salvia mellifera, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Umbellularia californica, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus agrifolia, Q. wislizeni and Quercus berberidifolia, Aira caryophyllea, Arbutus menziesii, Baccharis pilularis, Briza major, Bromus diandrus, B. mollis, Ceanothus cuneatus, Lotus scoparius, Pinus coulteri, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens, (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There are four documented occurrences of M. p.var. lucianus in California (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011). As of 2002, one population contained three plants (EO01), and another, 40 plants (EO02). One population consisted of a single individual as of 1988 (EO05), and population size is unknown for the other occurrence (EO03). A monitoring visit in 2001 (Foster) determined that there are about 129 plants present along the Arroyo Seco Road and that about 30 of these plants were in the roadbed and subject to disturbance from road maintenance activity.

Threats or other information: Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus is at risk from road maintenance activities, erosion and runoff, and other threats that are not specified (Table 2). Stochastic events, such as landslides, are also a concern due to the small number of occurrences and their limited sizes.

Table 2. Occurrences of Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (DPR=Department of Parks and Recreation, MNT=Monterey, MSP=Molera State Park, PBSSP=Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft) WEST OF PFEIFFER OBS. IN 1974 AND 1977 FALLS BETWEEN AND 3 PLANTS IN 1989. HIGHWAY 1 AND DPR-PBS ATYPICAL HABITAT AT 1 MNT Big Sur 5/17/1989 , SP 200 SITE; 3 MILES FROM ESCONDIDO ON ARROYO SECO-THE INDIANS ROAD TYPE LOCALITY. SPECIES SOUTH OF HANGING IN 1954, 1955, 1960, 1975, Junipero Serra VALLEY, SANTA RTCM | AND 1977 (BEFORE 1977 2 MNT Peak 5/30/2002 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2700 Erosion/runoff FIRE). ~40 PLANTS IN 2002. COLLECTED IN 1977. APPARENTLY GROWING AT THIS SITE AFTER EDGE OF ANDREW RHIZOMES MOLERA STATE INADVERTENTLY PARK, OPPOSITE TRANSPLANTED ALONG THE PARK WITH FILL SOIL ENTRANCE, ON THE TRUCKED IN FROM 3 MNT Big Sur 1977 COAST. DPR-MSP 40 VICINITY OF RIVER INN 1 PLANT IN 1988. "POOR" 1.4 AIR MILES EAST RANK DUE TO LOW Partington OF PARTINGTON DPR- PLANT NUMBERS; 5 MNT Ridge 07/1988 POINT. PBSSP 2080 Other HABITAT IS WEED-FREE.

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Jepson Flora Project. 2005. Index to California Plant Names. http://www.UCJeps.berkeley.edu/interchange.html Kearney, Thomas H. 1955. Notes on Malvaceae VII: A New Variety in Malacothamnus. In: Howell, John Thomas. Leaflets of Western Botany. 1955. James J. Gillick and Company, Berkeley, CA. Vol. 7(12), pp. 289-290. Painter, E.L. 2004. Individual taxon accounts. Science consistency review report. Unpublished document on file, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus Revised 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Malacothrix saxatilis (Nutt.) T. & G. var. arachnoidea (McGregor) E. Williams (Carmel Valley malacothrix)

Known Potential

Synonym: Malacothrix arachnoidea E.A. McGregor (Basionym) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank BLM Sensitive & USFS None; None G5T2/S2.2 1B.2 Sensitive

Plant description: Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea (Asteraceae) (Fig. 1) is a perennial rhizomatous herb that leafy and tomentose. The cauline leaves are lanceolate to elliptic and usually entire or proximally toothed, with acute tips. The basal leaves wither early. The inflorescences are more-or-less dense, the involucres are ten to 12 mm long, and the receptacle is glabrous. The corollas are white, and the ligules of the outermost flowers are exserted eight to 14 mm. The fruits are 1.3-2.5 mm long and minutely spiny. The outer pappi are of irregular teeth, and bristles are absent (Baldwin. 2011). Flowering occurs from March-December (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea is one of four varieties of M. saxatilis Figure 1. Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea. in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Photo Credit: Donald Myrick © CAS

Identification: Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea is one of four varieties of M. saxatilis. Only one other variety, M. saxatilis var. commutata, occurs within the same range as M. saxatilis var. arachnoidea. The stems and leaves of M. saxatilis var. arachnoidea are covered with dense, woolly hairs, whereas those of M. saxatilis var. commutata are smooth to lightly hairy (Davis 1993).

General distribution: Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea occurs in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, California.

Distribution in the planning area: There are two reported occurrences on the Los Padres National Forest. One occurrence [California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) Occurrence #15] is in Monterey County near the Carmel Valley Road along Finch Creek and is reported to be partly within the Los Padres National Forest (California Natural Diversity Database 2002). The second occurrence (CNDDB Occurrence #6) is on Little Pine Mountain, 8 miles above the Upper Oso gate. The taxonomic status of this second occurrence had been questioned due to the disjunct location of the population, but a collection from this location was recently annotated by Stan Davis as being valid Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea (Wilken 2003).

Habitat description: Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea occurs in coastal scrub, rocky soils within chaparral communities, on shale, and on roadcuts, at 25- 1,036 meter elevations (CNPS 2011).

Associated species: Artemisia californica, Baccharis pilularis, Phacelia distans, Quercus agrifolia, Rhamnus californica, and R. crocea (CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There is a total of 18 Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea occurrences in California (Table 2, Fig. 2). Population sizes have ranged from less than ten plants to 82 plants, Figure 2. Distribution of Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea however, population size is unknown for most in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. occurrences (Table 2). National Forest land is shaded in green.

Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Threats or other information: Two Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea occurrences on privately owned land are at risk due to dams and flooding, with the sites also subject to grazing, however grazing does not appear to impact the populations of Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea (EO's 09 & 10). Road and trail construction and maintenance threatens one occurrence (EO17), while the occurrence on the Hastings Reserve is threatened by non-native vegetation, improper burning regimes, military operations, grazing, and feral pigs (EO18).

Table 2. Occurrences of Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (* = an occurrence number has not been assigned in the CNDDB; DOD- CR=Department of Defense- Camp Roberts, IBR=Improper burning regime, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, NNP=Non-native plants, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, SBA=Santa Barbara, SBT=San Benito, SLO=San Luis Obispo, USFS=United States Forest Service, UCNR-HR=University of California Natural Reserve- Hastings Reserve; UNK=Unknown). Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, MAIN SOURCE 1998 MAP BY Carmel BETWEEN RANCHO FIESTA MATTHEWS. OTHER INFO Valley | Mt. ROAD AND COUNTRY CLUB INCL. COLLECTIONS: WOLF Carmel | DRIVE, CARMEL VALLEY #11010 (DS) AND GRIFFEN 1 MNT Seaside 1990's VILLAGE. PVT 200 #3916 (JEPS). CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, FROM ROBINSON CANYON ROAD E TO COYOTE GULCH, MAIN SOURCE 1998 MAP BY E OF CARMEL VALLEY C. MATTHEWS. NUMEROUS 2 MNT Seaside 7/25/1974 VILLAGE. UNK 300 COLLECTIONS INCL.: 07/ CARMEL VALLEY, 4-5 MI. E 4 MNT Seaside 1975 OF CARMEL. UNK 90 TYPE LOCALITY. CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, 0.5 NEAR SOUTHERN LIMIT MI. W OF TULARCITOS FOR TAXON. ONLY SOURCE Carmel RANCHO, W OF CARMEL 1974 COLLECTION BY 5 MNT Valley 7/25/1974 VALLEY. PVT 850 GRIFFIN. SPECIMEN ANALYZED BY STEVE JUNAK AND CLIFF SMITH; THEY FEEL IDENTIFICATION PROBABLY CORRECT (ALSO ANNOTATED BY ALONG ROAD TO BIG PINE 8 MALACOTHRIX EXPERT), Little Pine MI. INSIDE UPPER OSO GATE, BUT MAY BE AN EXTREME 6 SBA Mtn. 6/27/1963 SAN RAFAEL MOUNTAINS. LPNF 4000 OF SSP. COMMUTATA. ALONG ROAD 5 MI. NE OF MAIN SOURCE 1953 Sycamore ARROYO SECO GUARD COLLECTION BY 7 MNT Flat 5/24/1953 STATION\ PVT 800 DEMSPTER. MAIN SOURCE 1998 MAP PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. CARMEL VALLEY ROAD MORE INFO NEEDED FOR ALONG TULARCITOS CREEK, ECOLOGICAL DETAILS. FROM JUNCTION WITH SAME VICITITY AS J. 8 MNT Rana Creek 1990's JAMESBURG ROAD N ~2.5 MI.. UNK 1100 GRIFFIN'S 1974 SIGHTING. CHUPINES CREEK, ~1 MI. UPSTREAM (N) FROM 50 PLANTS IN 1989. AREA CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, E HEAVILY GRAZED, BUT Carmel OF CARMEL VALLEY Dam/Inun MALACOTHRIX DOES NOT 9 MNT Valley 6/23/1989 VILLAGE. PVT 720 dation APPEAR AFFECTED. CHUPINES CREEK, ~1.5 MI. UPSTREAM (N) FROM 82 PLANTS IN 1989. AREA CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, E HEAVILY GRAZED, BUT Carmel OF CARMEL VALLEY Dam/Inun MALACOTHRIX DOES NOT 10 MNT Valley 6/23/1989 VILLAGE. PVT 760 dation APPEAR AFFECTED.). E END OF CARMEL VALLEY VILLAGE, ALONG CARMEL ONLY SOURCE 1998 MAP VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. Carmel THE AIRPORT AND MORE INFO NEEDED FOR 11 MNT Valley 1990's KLONDIKE CANYON. UNK 400 ECOLOGICAL DETAILS. MAIN SOURCE 1998 MAP PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. MORE INFO NEEDED FOR CARMEL VALLEY ROAD ECOLOGICAL DETAILS. ALONG TULARCITOS CREEK, INCL. 1955 COLLECTION BY E OF CARMEL VALLEY HOWITT (#715 CAS) FROM Carmel VILLAGE FROM CHUPINES "CARMEL VALLEY RD 12 MNT Valley 1990's CREEK E ~1.5 MI.. UNK 700 NEAR CACHAGUA

Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Date Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft.) TURNOFF". CARMEL VALLEY ROAD ALONG TULARCITOS CREEK, ONLY SOURCE 1998 MAP Rana Creek | SW OF BURNED MOUNTAIN PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. Carmel AND FROM RANA CREEK E MORE INFO NEEDED FOR 13 MNT Valley 1990's ~0.8 MI.. UNK 1000 ECOLOGICAL DETAILS. CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, FROM 0.3-1.5 MI. S OF ONLY SOURCE 1998 MAP JUNCTION WITH JAMESBURG PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. ROAD, ALONG CONEJO MORE ECOLOGICAL INFO 14 MNT Rana Creek 1990's CREEK. UNK 1600 NEEDED. ONLY SOURCE 1998 MAP PROVIDED BY MATTHEWS. CARMEL VALLEY ROAD MORE INFO NEEDED FOR Chews ALONG FINCH CREEK, ECOLOGICAL. PARTLY IN Ridge | Rana BETWEEN ANASTASIA LPNF, HASTINGS NAT HISTORY 15 MNT Creek 1990's CANYON AND BIG CREEK. UCNR-HR 1800 RESERVE; PART IN LPNF. ONLY SOURCE 1907 COLLECTION BY CLEMONS. COLLECTION ALLEGEDLY MADE IN MNT CO, WHICH IS JUST A MI. OR SO TO THE W. ALSO, SBT CO. WAS STILL PART OF MNT CO. 30 Hepsedam YRS PRIOR TO COLLECTION 16 SBT Peak 1907 GARCIA CANYON. UNK 1800 DATE. Junipero ARROYO SECO ROAD Serra Peak | BETWEEN ARROYO SECO Sycamore 5/8/ CAMPGROUND AND G16, LOS ONLY SOURCE 1989 17 MNT Flat 1989 PADRES NATIONAL FOREST. UNK RTCM COLLECTION BY HARPER. NW OF TWIN BRIDGES, ON Grazing | STEEP SLOPE BETWEEN NNP | IBR TOWER ROAD AND | Military LESS THAN 10 PLANTS IN NACIMIENTO RIVER, CAMP operations 2000 AND 2001. ~20 PLANTS 18 SLO Bradley 3/27/2003 ROBERTS. DOD-CR 600 | Feral pigs IN 2003. Carmel Valley Road 1/2 mi e Farm * 19 MNT UNK 07/25/1974 Center UNK 300

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-10c). Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/rareplants/inventory/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Davis, W. S. 2012. Malacothrix. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/08/2011]. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/ Wilken, Dr. Dieter. Vice-president, Programs and Collections, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. [Telephone conversation with Mike Foster]. February 7, 2003.

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Malacothrix saxatilis var. arachnoidea REVISED 2011 3 Region 5 U.S. Forest Service Sensitive Vascular Plant, Bryophyte & Lichen Species Evaluation & Documentation Form

Use the latest quarterly California Department of Fish & Game, Natural Diversity Data Base Special Plants List to obtain global ranks, State ranks, CNPS list & rarity code, and status of state & federal determinations (T&E, Species of Concern). Special Plants List dated: Accessed July 2012

Plant Name Listing Status Rank CNPS Mielichhoferia shevockii (A.J. Shaw) Federal: None Global: G1 List: 1B.2 A.J. Shaw (=Schizymenium shevockii) State: None State: S1 Shevock’s copper moss

Abundance: Known from six occurrences in Rarefind (CNDDB 2012). Known from the Los Padres, Sierra and Sequoia National Forests. Likely to occur in Cleveland and Stanislaus NFs.

Range/Distribution: Mielichhoferia shevockii is endemic to California and known only from Fresno, Mariposa, Monterey, Riverside and Tulare Counties. The Sierra NF occurrence is in Haslett Basin in the foothills of Fresno County, and there are doubtless populations in the Merced River Canyon upstream from the BLM population in Mariposa County. The Los Padres NF location is in Monterey County on the divide north of Wagon Caves avove the road separating the Santa Antonio and Arroyo Seco watersheds (pers. comm. Jim Shevock). The Sequoia NF occurrences are in the Kern and Kings river canyons in Tulare and Fresno counties respectively (Rarefind 2012). There is abundant suitable habitat in the Stanislaus NF according to Jim Shevock.

Trend: Unknown

Protection of Occurrences: The two occurrences not on National Forest lands are on Bureau of Land Management land in the Merced River Canyon and the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve near the Cleveland NF.

Threat(s): Several occurrences are adjacent to paved roads and potentially threatened by road maintenance and widening. It is potentially threatened by mining.

Fragility/habitat specificity: Mielichhoferia shevockii occurs on metamorphic rocks along roads. It is also found in woodlands on gravelly soil among rocks containing heavy metals (Malcolm et al. 2009). Elevation range for this taxon is 750 to 1400 meters.

Literature/Comments: In the field this species resembles and grows with Mielichhoferia elongata.

B Malcolm, N Malcolm, J Shevock and D Norris. 2009. California Mosses. 430 pp. California Native Plant Society.

See Draft CA Bryophyte working groups notes (July 7,2012)

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: X Sensitive ____ Removed from ____ Rejected from further ___ NFMA/LMP Standards 2012 plant list consideration & Guides

Name: /s/ Joanna Clines Title: Forest Botanist, Sierra NF Date: July 18, 2012

Name: /S/ Lloyd Simpson Title: Forest Botanist, Los Padres NF Date July 23, 2012 Name: /S/ Fletcher Linton Title: Forest Botanist, Sequoia NF Date: September 17, 2012

Name: /s/ Jennie Haas Title: Botanist, Stanislaus NF Date: July 23, 2012

Name: /s/ Kirsten Winter Title: Forest Biologist, Cleveland NF Date: July 24, 2012

Region 5 U.S. Forest Service Sensitive Vascular Plant, Bryophyte & Lichen Species Evaluation & Documentation Form

Use the latest quarterly California Department of Fish & Game, Natural Diversity Data Base Special Plants List to obtain global ranks, State ranks, CNPS list & rarity code, and status of state & federal determinations (T&E, Species of Concern). Special Plants List dated: Accessed July 2012

Plant Name Listing Status Rank CNPS Orthotrichum kellmanii Norris, Federal: None Global: G2 List: 1B.2 Shevock & Goffinet State: State: S2 Kellman’s bristle moss

Abundance: Three occurrences in Rarefind. Known from one occurrence in the Los Padres NF on the wilderness boundary in Monterey County and from the Big Basin Redwood State Park in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties (CNDDB 2012). The Los Padres population is about a meter across.

Range/Distribution: Orthotrichum kellmanii is endemic to the Outer South Coast Range of California in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo Counties. Endemic to central California coast (Malcolm et al. 2009).

Trend: This species is probably inherently rare due to the limited distribution of habitat. Information of trends in population size is lacking.

Protection of Occurrences: The other two populations are in Big Basin State Park. Specific protections for this species are not known.

Threat(s): Prescribed fire

Fragility/habitat specificity: Chaparral and woodlands on sandstone outcrops with calcium deposits and on marble (Malcolm et al. 2009). Associated vegetation may include Quercus wislizenii, Arctostaphylos glauca, and scattered Quercus douglasii or chaparral with a scattered overstory of Pinus attenuata. The moss may be located in full sun with Didymodon sp., Grimmia laevigata, and Grimmia pulvinata. Elevation range of known populations is 343 to 685 meters.

Literature/Comments: See Draft CA Bryophyte working groups notes (July 7,2012) Malcolm, B, N. Malcolm, J. Shevock, and D. Norris. 2009. California Mosses. Micro-Optics.

The Bryologist 107(2): 210 (2004) (original description)

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be: X Sensitive ____ Removed from ____ Rejected from further ___ NFMA/LMP 1998 plant list consideration Standards & Guides

Name: Lloyd G. Simpson Title: Forest Botanist, Los Padres NF Date: 7/17/12

Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No

Pedicularis dudleyi Elmer (Dudley's lousewort)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Plant Rank Other lists Listing Status None; None G2/S2.2 1B.2 USFS Sensitive

Plant description: dudleyi () (Fig. 1) is a perennial herb that is commonly more-or-less hairy, with stems that are 10 to 30 cm long. The basal leaves are 3 to 26 cm long, longer than the inflorescence, and oblong- lanceolate, with segments that are 15-25 cm long, oblong to ovate, and doubly toothed to lobed. The inflorescence is 2 to 6 cm long, the lower bracts are longer than the flowers, and the calyces are tomentose. The corollas are more-or-less club-like, light pink to purple with darker marks, and glabrous, with an upper lip that is hooded, and lobes that are acute and more-or-less equal. The anthers are generally included, and the bases are acute. The fruits are eight to 13 mm long (Vorobik 1993). Flowering occurs from April–June (CNPS 2011).

Taxonomy: is a hemiparasite, and as such, is dependent on Figure 1. Pedicularis dudleyi. Photo formation of root-to-root connections with other vascular plant species. It is a Credit: Scott Cox dicot, and was once of the broom-rape family (Orobanchaceae) Vorobik (2011) and CNPS (2011) notes that the P. dudleyi plants from Arroyo de la Cruz in San Luis Obispo County are morphologically distinct from other populations and warrant further study.

Identification: Pedicularis dudleyi can be distinguished from P. densiflora by the corollas that are glabrous and light pink to purple with darker marks, lower lips that are generally much longer than one-fourth the length of the upper lips, inflorescences that are 2 to 6 cm long, and calyces that are tomentose. In contrast, Pedicularis densiflora plants are softly to coarsely brown- hairy, with corollas that are generally minutely hairy and deep red to red-purple to yellow, lower lips that are more-or-less one- fourth the length of the upper lips, inflorescences that are 4 to 12 cm long, and calyces that are generally hairy (Vorobik 2011).

General distribution: Pedicularis dudleyi occurs in Monterey, San Mateo, and San Luis Obispo counties, California. It is also known from San Mateo County, but is now presumed extirpated there (CNPS 2011).

Distribution in the planning area: There are three documented occurrences of Pedicularis dudleyi on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2), which are all located along the Little Sur River: one occurrence is along the north fork of the river at Jackson Camp (EO07), another is just west of Ventana (Jackson) Creek (EO11), and another is one to two miles downstream of the Boy Scout Camp (EO12).

Habitat description: Pedicularis dudleyi inhabits Figure 2. Distribution of Pedicularis dudleyi in California Occurrences are shown by numbered red points. National Forest land is shaded in green. maritime chaparral, cismontane woodland, north coast coniferous forest, and valley and foothill grassland communities at 60-900 meter elevations (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011). Only the plants found in the Arroyo de la Cruz area are found on serpentine substrates. This species appears to tolerate low levels of disturbance, as it has been observed in slightly disturbed and loose soil in forest habitat, cut banks along hiking trails and roads, and on alluvium in the floodplain of the Little Sur River (CNDDB 2011).

Pedicularis dudleyi REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Associated species: Allium hickmannii, Arctostaphylos cruzensis, A. hookeri subsp. hearstiorum, A. tomentosum, Carex obispoensis, Ceanothus hearstiorum, C. maritimus, Disporum hookeri, Galium californicum, Iris douglasiana, Lithocarpus densiflorus, Oxalis oregana, Scoliopus bigelovii, Sequoia sempervirens, Trillium ovatum, Vaccinium ovatum, Vancouveria plantipetala, ocellata, and Whipplea modesta (CCH 2011, CNDDB 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: There are 12 occurrences of Pedicularis dudleyi in California (Table 2, Fig. 2). Population size ranges from six plants to over 600, although abundances are unknown for many occurrences (Table 2). One occurrence has decreased in size (EO03), however, other population trends are currently difficult to discern due to limited information. Three populations, all of which are on privately owned Hearst Corporation land north or northwest of San Simeon, are in need of further taxonomic study due to appearing morphologically distinct from other populations of Pedicularis dudleyi (EO's 08, 10, & 15).

Threats or other information: Pedicularis dudleyi is threatened by foot traffic and trampling, road and trail construction and maintenance, non-off-road vehicle recreational activities, grazing, erosion and runoff, and logging (Table 2). Occurrences on private land are possibly at risk due to potential development (CNPS 2011). The Boy Scouts of America have agreed to protect the occurrence site that is on their land (EO02).

Table 2. Occurrences of Pedicularis dudleyi EO numbers correspond with labeled locations in Figure 2. (DPR=Department of Parks and Recreation, HC=Hearst Corporation, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey, PO=Pacific Ocean, PSP=Portola State Park, PVT=Private, REC=Recreation, RTCM=Road and trail construction and maintenance, SCR=Santa Cruz, SLO=San Luis Obispo, SMT=San Mateo, UNK=Unknown). Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments Manager (ft.) 19 PLANTS IN FOUR COLONIES BY KUSKA IN 1982;, COLONIES MONITORED BETWEEN 1982 AND 1988 BY KUSKA. PORTION NORTH FORK OF LITTLE OF SITE OWNED BY BOY SUR RIVER IN THE VICINITY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. BOY OF PICO BLANCO BOY Other | Foot SCOUT CAMP AGREED TO 2 MNT Big Sur SCOUT CAMP. PVT 810 traffic/trampling PROTECT SITE (1989). SITE INCL. TYPE LOCALITY (ELMER, A. #4289, DS). MORE THAN 110 PLANTS IN 8 COLONIES IN 1983. ONLY 56 IN 13 COLONIES IN 1994; EITHER Big Basin | NOT ALL COLONIES NOT Mindego PSP ALONG PETERS CREEK, REDISCOVERED OR POP MAY 3 SMT Hill SOUTH TO IVERSON CREEK. DPR-PSP 500 RTCM | REC BE IN DECLINE. BANK NEAR FORK OF ROAD Mindego TO OLD PAGE MILL, NEAR PROBABLY SAME AREA AS 5 SMT Hill PSP. UNK 520 TYPE LOCALITY. Watsonville West | MAIN SOURCE 1884 6 SCR | PO Soquel APTOS. UNK 200 COLLECTION BY RATTAN. ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE NORTH FORK LITTLE SUR 77 PLANTS OBS. BY BRANSON 7 MNT Big Sur RIVER AT JACKSON CAMP. LPNF 960 RTCM IN 1982. 100+ PLANTS IN 1983. RANGE EXTENSION OF 80 KILOMETERS SOUTH. JEPSON MANUAL (1994) AND OTHERS (R. RIGGENS, R. MESA SOUTH OF ARROYO MORGAN) NOTE POPS DE LA CRUZ, ABOUT 1.5 IDENTIFIED AS P. DUDLEYI IN Piedras MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 1, AREA IN NEED OF FURTHER 8 SLO Blancas NORTH OF SAN SIMEON. PVT-HC 480 TAXONOMIC STUDY. OVER 50 PLANTS. JEPSON RIDGE BETWEEN ARROYO MANUAL (1994) AND OTHERS DEL CORRAL AND ARROYO (R. RIGGINS AND R. MORGAN) LAGUNA, ABOUT 1.5 AIR MI NOTE POPS IDENTIFIED AS P. NORTH OF OAK KNOLL, NW DUDLEYI IN AREA IN NEED OF 10 SLO San Simeon OF SAN SIMEON. PVT-HC 350 Grazing FURTHER TAXONOMIC STUDY. LITTLE SUR RIVER JUST RTCM | Foot WEST OF VENTANA CREEK traffic/trampling 11 MNT Big Sur (AKA JACKSON CREEK). LPNF 1080 | REC 11 PLANTS IN 1982.

Pedicularis dudleyi REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: No Land Elev. EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments Manager (ft.) LITTLE SUR RIVER, ABOUT RTCM | Foot 1-2 MILES DOWNSTREAM traffic/trampling FROM THE PICO BLANCO | Erosion/runoff 12 MNT Big Sur BOY SCOUT CAMP. LPNF 600 | REC 600+ PLANTS IN POP IN 1982. LITTLE SUR RIVER, ABOUT 2 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM LITTLE SUR CAMPGROUND AND 1.7 AIR MI WEST OF PICO BLANCO 13 MNT Big Sur BOY SCOUT CAMP. UNK 400 253 PLANTS IN 1982. LITTLE SUR RIVER, ABOUT 3 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM LITTLE SUR CAMPGROUND AND 2.1 AIR MI WEST OF PICO BLANCO Logging | 14 MNT Big Sur BOY SCOUT CAMP. UNK 350 RTCM 6 PLANTS IN 1982. PLANTS IN 1983. JEPSON MANUAL (1994) AND OTHERS MESA NORTH OF ARROYO (R. RIGGENS, R. MORGAN) NOTE DEL OSO, ABOUT 1.5 MILES POPS IDENTIFIED AS P. Piedras EAST OF HIGHWAY 1, DUDLEYI IN AREA IN NEED OF 15 SLO Blancas NORTH OF SAN SIMEON. PVT-HC 590 FURTHER TAXONOMIC STUDY.

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.aspx Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2010. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/ Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/ Vorobik, Linda Ann. 2012. Pedicularis. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on [08/11/2011].

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/11/12

Pedicularis dudleyi REVISED 2011 3 exilis ssp. aeolica

Pentachaeta exilis (Gray) Keck ssp. aeolica Van Horn & Ornduff (Slender pentachaeta)

Management Status

Federal: Forest Service Sensitive

California: None

Heritage Rank: G5T1, S1.2 – (California Natural Diversity Database)

California Native Plant Society (2001): List 1B; R-E-D Code 3-2-3

General Distribution

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is found in five locations in the inner south coast ranges of California. Two occurrences are located in Hernandez Valley, which is in San Benito County portion of the . Two other occurrences are located in an area often referred to as The Indians, which is in the northern Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey County. The remaining occurence, also in Monterey County, is on Fort Hunter Liggett (Hardham 5508 (SBBG), Painter 2004).

Distribution in the Planning Area

Two occurrences of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica are on the Los Padres National Forest near The Indians Ranger Station (California Natural Diversity Database 2004).

The Indians locations are in the headwaters of the Arroyo Seco Creek near Memorial Park Campground and Arroyo Seco Road. One colony is located about ¼ mile east of Arroyo Seco Road on a hiking trail (6E01) that leads to Junipero Serra Peak. This colony was last observed in 2002 (Foster) and is in an area that was documented by Yadon in 1977. The second colony is found almost immediately adjacent to Arroyo Seco Road in an area next to the trailhead for the trail (6E01) to Junipero Serra Peak.

Taxonomy and Natural History

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is a dicot in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is one of two subspecies of P. exilis that occur in California. The subspecies differ in style branch length (2-3 mm in subsp. aeolica; < 1 mm in subsp. exilis) and corolla color (yellow in subsp. aeolica; reddish in subsp. exilis) (van Horn 1973).

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica will soon be elevated to specific level as P. aeolica (Painter 2004). Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is a low annual herb with greenish-brown to red stems. The leaves are filiform to narrowly linear, 1.2 inches (3 cm) long, and 1 mm wide. The involucres are narrowly to broadly campanulate and 3-6 mm high. The phyllaries are elliptic to obovate, green to red, and in two equal series. The heads are composed of yellow disk flowers and small or vestigial, white, ray flowers. Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica blooms April-May.

Habitat Description

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is found below 2,000 feet (610 meters) elevation in grasslands or grassy openings within foothill pine woodlands (California Natural Diversity Database 2004).

In 1977 the trail that bisects one of the two colonies found on National Forest System land was a dirt road and some of the habitat for Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica was impacted by off-highway vehicle use (Yadon 1977). No impacts from OHV use were noted in 2002 although the trail is downcut in places and is in need of maintenance (Foster 2002). Continued trail erosion may result in a small amount of habitat loss.

The second colony that is found almost immediately adjacent to Arroyo Seco Road in an area next to the trailhead for the trail (6E01) to Junipero Serra Peak was last monitored in 1993. Matthews, in a letter to the U.S. Forest Service (1999) indicates that this population, or portions of it, may have been extirpated by trespass livestock grazing. Matthews' letter also makes reference to barriers that were put in place in the early 1990s to protect this location from the impacts associated with unauthorized vehicular use. I conclude that on the Los Padres National Forest, about 0.1 acre of habitat for Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica has been impacted by construction and use of a trailhead, and that current trail use continues to impact less than 0.1 acre of habitat. The placement of barriers to control vehicular access and use and the conversion of a one-time road into a wilderness trail has resulted in recent improvements in the quality of habitat for Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica. Trespass cattle grazing occasionally degrade the quality of this habitat. The magnitude of grazing impact is poorly documented making it difficult to determine if this use is affecting trends in habitat quality.

Occurrence Status

Determining trends in the size of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica populations is complicated by this plant's life history. Limited data suggests that this annual plant responds favorably to fire disturbance and the number of plants that germinate and develop into mature plants each year fluctuates greatly in response to fire and climate cycles.

Despite a relatively robust collection history (CalFlora 2002), there is little information available concerning the size of the population(s) found in the Hernandez Valley area. Collections from this area date from 1930 to 1992 indicating that this population is apparently large enough to have persisted for at least 62 years under past and current land uses. There is no information available on the current size, vigor, and disposition of this occurrence of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica.

On the Los Padres National Forest, there are two discrete colonies of plants found in one general area. It is not explicitly clear which of these two colonies was the site of collections made in 1936, 1960 and 1968 although CNDDB (2004) attributes them to the location adjacent to Arroyo Seco Road (Occurrence #2). About 10,000 plants were observed at this location in 1993. At Occurrence #3, Yadon reported "many" plants in 1977. A brief visit in 2002 found several hundred plants of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica. More data is needed to determine what if any population trends are occurring in these two colonies of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica.

OCCURRENCE DATA- Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica (Slender Pentachaeta)

Occurrence No. of Year Location/Land Owner County No. Plants Reported (CNDDB) 1 U 1964 COALINGA ROAD, ABOUT 7.2 SAN MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION BENITO WITH CLEAR CREEK ROAD. MAPPED ALONG ROAD ABOVE THE SAN BENITO RIVER. ABOUT 1.5 MILES WNW OF THE FRE-SBT COUNTY LINE, T19S/R12E/S06 2 10,000+ 1993 JUST EAST OF INDIANS MON in 1993 RANGER STATION, LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST. MAPPED ALONG EAST SIDE OF INDIANS ROAD, OPPOSITE THE RANGER STATION, T21S/R05E/S07 3 U 1977 ABOUT 0.5 MILE NORTHEAST MON OF INDIANS RANGER STATION, LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST. ALONG BOTH SIDES OF DIRT ROAD HEADING EAST FROM RANGER STATION. 4 10,000 in 1992 HERNANDEZ VALLEY, SAN 1991, SOUTHEAST OF AIRSTRIP BENITO 10,000+ AND ALONG CLEAR CREEK in 1992 ROAD. TWO COLONIES MAPPED ALONG NORTH SIDE OF ROAD ABOVE CLEAR CREEK, T18S/R11E/S16 5 U 1957 2-3 MILES EAST OF SAN HERNANDEZ. EXACT BENITO LOCATION NOT KNOWN, T18S/R11E/S23

• U = Unknown • * = an occurrence number has not been assigned • SBNF = San Bernardino National Forest • MON = Monterey County

Threats

Potential threats include foot traffic, grazing, and unauthorized off road travel by motor vehicles and bicycles.

Conservation and Management Considerations

On National Forest System land, Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is found in two colonies that are separated by a distance of less than ½ mile. Together, these two colonies occupy less than 10 acres of land. Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is an annual and as such it appears to be dependent on the periodic renewal of its seed bank. Fire disturbance may provide the necessary conditions for this periodic replenishment of the seed bank.

• Use education and interpretation to ensure that hikers remain on the designated Junipero Serra Trail. If monitoring indicates that education and interpretation are not effective in avoiding off-trail impacts consider placement of natural barriers or re-routing of the Junipero Serra Trail to avoid impacts to Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica. • Use prescribed fire to reduce surface litter and stimulate germination of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica in occupied habitats and to increase the suitability of unoccupied habitats. • Control trespass livestock. • For three consecutive years, annually census the occurrence of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica found along Junipero Serra Trail to determine annual variations in detectability and to ascertain the trends in abundance.

Evaluation of Current Situation and Threats on National Forest System Lands

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is known from just two occurrences on the Los Padres National Forest in an area subject to impacts from dispersed recreation. Although this population of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is moderately large (more than 10,000 plants in 1993), it occupies a relatively small area and as a result of this restricted geographic range Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is vulnerable to human and environmental threats. Based upon the above analysis Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica has been assigned the following threat category:

5. Uncommon, narrow endemic, disjunct, or peripheral in the Plan area with substantial threats to persistence or distribution from Forest Service activities.

Literature Cited

CalFlora: [web application]. 2002. Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization].

California Native Plant Society. 2001. Inventory of rare and endangered plants of California (sixth edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society.

California Natural Diversity Database. 2004. RareFind 3.0.5. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

California Natural Diversity Database. Special vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens list. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

Hoover, Robert. 1970. The vascular plants of San Luis Obispo County. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Matthews, Mary Ann. 1997. An illustrated field key to the flowering plants of Monterey County and ferns, fern allies, and conifers. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society.

Painter, E.L. 2004. Individual taxon accounts. Science consistency review report. Unpublished document on file, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA.

Van Horn, G. S. 1973. The taxonomic status of Pentachaeta and Chaetopappa with a revision of Pentachaeta. University of California Publications in Botany 65: 1-41.

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05

Plagiobothrys uncinatus

Plagiobothrys uncinatus Howell (Hooked popcorn-flower)

Management Status

Federal: Forest Service Sensitive

California: None

Heritage Rank: G2, S2.2 – threatened (California Natural Diversity Database)

California Native Plant Society (2001): List 1B; R-E-D Code 2-2-3

General Distribution

Plagiobothrys uncinatus is known from the Santa Lucia and Gabilan ranges in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and San Luis Obispo counties (Messick 1993, California Native Plant Society 2001). Most of the documented occurrences are historic, including those at and the Hastings Reserve. The California Natural Diversity Database (2002) lists nine occurrences for this species; two of which are located on Fort Hunter Liggett. Plagiobothrys uncinatus has been documented from Fort Hunter Liggett by several collections: Hardham 5498 (CAS, RSA), Hardham 5572 (CAS, RSA, SBBG), Hardham 6893 (RSA, SBBG), and Hardham 10342 (RSA). Plagiobothrys uncinatus is also known from Camp Roberts (Painter 2004).

Distribution in the Planning Area

One of the Plagiobothrys uncinatus occurrences (S. Junak 4250/ OBI,SBBG) on the Los Padres National Forest is protected within the Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area (CalFlora 2002, Junak 1991). A second occurrence on the Los Padres National Forest is located west of Junipero Serra Peak in Hanging Valley (California Natural Diversity Database 2002). "The Indians," which is the type locality for this taxon (Matthews 1997), is also located on the Los Padres National Forest in the Monterey Ranger District. There is considerable unsurveyed potential habitat on the eastern third of the Monterey Ranger District.

Taxonomy and Natural History

Plagiobothrys uncinatus is a dicot in the borage family (). It is separated from similar members in the genus based on the nutlet shape and by the hooked bristles on the calyx lobes (Messick 1993, Matthews 1997).

Plagiobothrys uncinatus is an annual herb that blooms from April–May (California Native Plant Society 2001). Plagiobothrys uncinatus is a small, bristly, 4 to 12 inches (1- 3 dm) tall. There are few to many spreading stems tinged purplish. The basal leaves are linear-oblong, 0.6 to 1 inch (1.5-2.5 cm) in length. The cauline leaves are oblong-ovate to ovate. The flower is composed of a calyx, 2-2.5 mm long with minutely hooked hairs and white petals. It blooms in April and May. The fruit is a nutlet, 1-1.3 mm long with narrow, lateral ribs.

Habitat Description

Plagiobothrys uncinatus occurs on sandstone outcrops and canyon slopes in chaparral, woodlands, and grasslands, often in burned or disturbed areas, at elevations of 980–2,400 feet (300–730 meters) (California Native Plant Society 2001, California Natural Diversity Database 2002, Matthews 1997).

Occurrence Status

Plagiobothrys uncinatus is distributed in a limited number of occurrences in California and is considered to be in danger of extirpation in a portion of its range (California Native Plant Society 2001). Knowledge is low of the extent of its distribution on National Forest System lands, and population trends are generally unknown (Stephenson and Calcarone 1999).

Threats

No threats to Plagiobothrys uncinatus have been identified on National Forest System lands. Proposed projects would be analyzed at the project level.

Threats and possible threats at Camp Roberts (Painter 2004) include sheep, feral pigs, trespassing cattle, non-native plants, military training activities, vehicles, too frequent fires, fires in wrong season, activities related to recreational hunting, trampling, soil compaction, and dust. In addition, military operations at Fort Hunter Liggett may threaten populations at that facility.

Conservation and Management Considerations

Relocate historic occurrences and assess current habitat conditions and threats.

Evaluation of Current Situation and Threats on National Forest System Lands

Plagiobothrys uncinatus is uncommon, being known from only 9 locations, 3 of which are on NFS land. No threats have been identified for these locations.

Based upon the above analysis Plagiobothrys uncinatus has been assigned the following threat category: 4. Uncommon, narrow endemic, disjunct, or peripheral in the Plan area with no substantial threats to persistence or distribution from Forest Service activities.

Literature Cited

CalFlora: [Web application]. 2002. Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization].

California Native Plant Society. 2001. Inventory of rare and endangered plants of California (sixth edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society.

California Natural Diversity Database. 2004. RareFind 3.0.5. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

California Natural Diversity Database. Special vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens list. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

Junak, Steve. 1991. "Annotated catalog of plants – areas surrounding the botanical reserve." Unpublished document on file at the Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest.

Messick, Timothy C. 1993. Plagiobothrys. In Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Matthews, Mary Ann. 1997. An illustrated field key to the flowering plants of Monterey County and ferns, fern allies, and conifers. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society.

Painter, E.L. 2004. Individual taxon accounts. Science consistency review report. Unpublished document on file, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA.

Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. Southern California mountains and foothills assessment: habitat and species conservation issues. (General Technical Report GTR-PSW-172.) Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05

Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes

Sidalcea hickmanii Greene subsp. hickmanii (Hickman's checkerbloom)

Known Potential

Synonym: (None) (Tropicos 2011).

Table 1. Legal or Protection Status (CNDDB 2011, CNPS 2011, and Other Sources). Federal Listing Status; State Heritage Rank California Rare Other lists Listing Status Plant Rank None; None G3T2/S2.3 1B.3 USFS Sensitive

Plant Description: subsp. hickmanii (Malvaceae) (Fig. 1) is usually 4-8 dm tall and is grayish-canescent with the stems brick-red below. The leaves are closely crenate with either zero lobes, or lobes that extend less than 6.35 mm toward the base of the leaf. The inflorescences are fairly dense and have bracts that are 2-5(7) mm long and more-or-less linear. The bractlets are 2-7 mm long. The calyx lobes are acute and have hairs that are longest on their margins (Hill 2011). Flowering occurs from May-July (CNPS 2011, Hill 2011).

Taxonomy: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii is a dicot in the mallow family (Malvaceae), and is one of six described subspecies of Sidalcea hickmanii.

Identification: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii is distinguishable from the other subspecies due to a combination of traits. These include a plant height of 4-8 dm with a gray- canescent habit; upper leaves that are unlobed; bracts that are about linear; the marginal hairs on the calyces being the longest; the largest leaves being deeply cordate, closely crenate, and often wider than 30 mm; and a more-or-less dense inflorescence (Hill 2011). Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii is the only one of the six subspecies to occur in Monterey County (CNPS Figure 1. Herbarium specimen of 2011). Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii. Specimen collected by Carl B. Wolf (CCH 2011). General Distribution: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii is endemic to the northern Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County (Hill 1993), and has not been found in additional counties (CNDDB 2011). Eight of sixteen occurrences are on Fort Hunter Liggett land (Table 2).

Distribution in the Planning Area: There are six occurrences of Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii on the Los Padres National Forest (Fig. 2), which include two occurrences within the Santa Lucia Mountains that are southeast of Bear Mountain; and on Bear Mountain, below Pinyon Peak (Table 2). Other occurrences include those along the ridgetop near Serra Peak, and in the Ventana Wilderness (Table 2).

Habitat: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii occurs in chaparral openings at 335-1,200 meter elevations (CNPS 2011).

Occurrence status and population trends: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii is distributed in a limited number of occurrences but currently is not considered to be at risk of extinction (CNPS 2011), although survey efforts in Figure 2. Distribution of Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. 2003 indicate that population numbers may be very low (Wilken pers. comm.). hickmanii in California Occurrences are shown by Some occurrences of Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii have not been verified numbered red points. National Forest lands are shaded in many decades and need to be monitored to determine their status and population in green. trends.

Threats or other information: Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii occurrences are threatened by road maintenance, military vehicles, army maneuvers, feral pigs, grazing, and trampling (Table 2), and may be at risk by fire suppression (CNPS 2011).

REVISED 2011 1 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes Table 2. Occurrences of Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. hickmanii The EO numbers correspond to the labeled locations in Figure 2. (FHL=Fort Hunter Liggett, LPNF=Los Padres National Forest, MNT=Monterey; UNK=Unknown) Date Land Elev EO County Quad Location Threats General Comments (M/D/Y) Manager (ft) JUNCTION OF SAM JONES ROAD Grazing, Burnett 6/12/ AND SALMON CREEK ROAD, army 1 MNT Peak 1982 NORTH OF THE PALLISADES, FHL 1100 maneuvers. 50-100+ Burnett 5/28/ MOUTH OF LOS BURROS CREEK, 2 MNT Peak 1987 7.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOLON. FHL 1100 6/5/ PINE CANYON, WEST OF KING 3 MNT Cosio Knob 1982 CITY. FHL 2400 ~1.5 MILES SE OF BEAR Reliz MOUNTAIN, SANTA LUCIA 4 MNT Canyon 1977 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 3900 BEAR MOUNTAIN, BELOW Reliz PINYON PEAK, SANTA LUCIA 5 MNT Canyon 1977 MOUNTAINS. LPNF 4200 DIVIDE BETWEEN RELIZ Reliz 7/7/ CANYON AND BEAR CANYON, 6 MNT Canyon 1955 SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS. UNK 3600 ARROYO SECO ROAD NEAR Junipero 6/11/ HANGING VALLEY CAMP, SANTA 7 MNT Serra Peak 2003 LUCIA MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2700 ARROYO SECO ROAD NEAR Junipero JACKHAMMER SPRINGS CAMP, 8 MNT Serra Peak 1977 SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS. LPNF 2900 Junipero ROAD TO JUNIPERO SERRA PEAK 9 MNT Serra Peak UNK ALONG RIDGETOP LPNF 5400 Tassajara 06/ 10 MNT Hot Springs 1901 . UNK 2000 . ALONG RD NEAR TRIBUTARY TO 6/6/ LOS BURROS CREEK, ~0.8 MI. NW Road FEW PLANTS IN 11 MNT Alder Peak 1998 OF BURRO MTN, FHL. FHL 1900 grading. 1998. NEAR BURMA RD, ~ 0.4 MI. SE OF 5/23/ SYCAMORE SPRING AND 2 MI. FEWER THAN 500 12 MNT Alder Peak 1997 SW OF SAN MIGUELITO RANCH, FHL 2200 PLANTS IN 1997. Bear 5/25/ Road FEWER THAN 10 13 MNT Canyon 1996 Fort Hunter Liggett FHL 2800 grading. PLANTS IN 1997. Road FT HUNTER LIGGET TRAINING maintenance, AREAS 4 AND 5, APPROX. 0.6 MI military 3 PLANTS Bear 8/27/ WSW OF HEAD OF STREAM IN vehicles, OBSERVED IN 14 MNT Canyon 1996 CHINA GULCH. FHL 2675 feral pigs. 1996. FT HUNTER LIGGETT TRAINING AREA 8, ~7.9 KM NW OF N END NEED BETTER Bear 5/25/ OF LOWER STONY RESERVOIR, 7 LOCATION 15 MNT Canyon 1996 KM SW OF MILPITAS RESERVOIR. FHL 2460 INFORMATION. ON NORTH COAST RIDGE TRAIL, 0.8 AIR MILE ESE SUMMIT TRAIL 10/8/ JUNCTION, VENTANA Road 30 PLANTS IN 2000. 16 MNT Lopez Point 2000 WILDERNESS. LPNF 3900 maintenance. NELSON

Literature Cited California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2011. Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society. Available at: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/ California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2011. RareFind 4.0. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. Available at: https://nrmsecure.dfg.ca.gov/cnddb/view/query.asp Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH). 2011. Consortium of California Herbaria Search Page. Berkeley, CA: Consortium of California Herbaria. Available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi bin/display_smasch_img.pl?smasch_accno=UC774495 Hill, Steven R. 1993. Malvaceae. In Hickman, James C. (ed.) The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Hill, Steven R. 2012. Malvaceae. In B. G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), Jepson Manual II: Vascular Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. Retrieved from ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/ on 22 June 2011. Tropicos. 2011. Name search. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: http://tropicos.org/ Wilken, D.personal Communication. Rancho Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. [Personal communication with Mike Foster, Forest Botanist, Los Padres National Forest.

REVISED 2011 2 Lead Forest: Los Padres National Forest Forest Endemic: Yes My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05, 7/13/12

REVISED 2011 3 Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus

Streptanthus albidus Greene ssp. peramoenus (Greene) Kruckeberg (Most beautiful jewelflower)

Management Status

Federal: Forest Service Watch List

California: None

Heritage Rank: G2T2, S2.2 – threatened (California Natural Diversity Database 2003)

California Native Plant Society (2001): List 1B; R-E-D Code 2-2-3

General Distribution

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus has been reported from Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Santa Clara, and San Luis Obispo counties (CalFlora 2002, California Native Plant Society 2001, California Natural Diversity Database 2002). It is also found near the summit of Pico Blanco (Norman 2003).

Distribution in the Planning Area

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus occurs on the Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest at Salmon Creek just above Highway 1 (CalFlora 2002), on South Coast Ridge Road (Painter & Neese s.n. (SBBG)), and also occurs on National Forest System land in the San Carpoforo watershed (Hardham 12026 (SBBG)) and Lion Mountain areas (Hardham 18501 (SBBG)). It is also found in the area around the city of San Luis Obispo (California Natural Diversity Database 2002), and from several collections from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (Painter 2004), suggesting that there is potential for Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus to occur on the northern portion of the Santa Lucia Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest. It is also known from Fort Hunter Liggett (Painter 2004).

Taxonomy and Natural History

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is a dicot in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) (Buck et al. 1993). It is a member of the Streptanthus glandulosus complex, a group of morphologically similar species that share a preference for ultramafic substrates (Kruckeberg 1957). The taxa in this complex are differentiated primarily by flower color, but floral color variation is a common feature within the Streptanthus glandulosus complex and other Streptanthus species (Preston 1994). The taxonomic identity of the populations in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties is in question (California Native Plant Society 2001); these appear to represent disjunct populations of Streptanthus glandulosus, rather than Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus (Mayer et al. 1994).

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is an annual herb that flowers April–June (California Native Plant Society 2001).

Habitat Description

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus grows in chaparral, cismontane woodland, and valley and foothill grassland on serpentinite substrates. The elevation range for Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is 400–3,280 feet (120–1,000 meters) (California Native Plant Society 2001).

Occurrence Status

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is found in a limited number of occurrences and is considered to be in danger of extirpation in a portion of its range (California Native Plant Society 2001). There is no information available regarding the status of occurrences found on National Forest System lands.

Threats

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is at risk from loss of habitat to urban development and from grazing impacts (California Native Plant Society 2001). No site-specific threats have been identified for occurrences found on National Forest System lands. Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus was only recently added to the Los Padres National Forest Watch List (2003) and only since that time has the Forest begun to track this species.

Threats and possible threats at Camp San Luis Obispo include cattle, non-native plants, military training activities, feral pigs, too frequent fires, fires in wrong season, trampling, and dust (Painter 2004).

Conservation and Management Considerations

More information is needed to determine the exact taxonomic status of the plants found on Fort Hunter Liggett and in San Luis Obispo County. If these plants are determined to be Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus, then the potential for this taxon to occur elsewhere on the Los Padres National Forest will need to be reassessed.

Evaluation of Current Situation and Threats on National Forest System Lands

Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus is uncommon, found only at two, or possible three locations on the Los Padres National Forest, and no threats have been reported for these locations. The occurrence reported from the San Carpoforo watershed is located in the Silver Peak Wilderness. Under all alternatives, the occurrence found above Highway 1 in the Salmon Creek watershed is in area that would be the Back Country land use zone. Low intensity grazing is the only land use that would affect plants in this area and a recent analysis of the livestock use on Salmon Creek Allotment determined that this low level of grazing use is not expected to have any effect on the local distribution and abundance of Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus (Foster 2003).

Based upon the above analysis Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus has been assigned the following threat category:

4. Uncommon, narrow endemic, disjunct, or peripheral in the Plan area with no substantial threats to persistence or distribution from Forest Service activities.

Literature Cited

Buck, Roy E., Dean W. Taylor, and Arthur R. Kruckeberg. 1993. Streptanthus. In Hickman, James C. (ed.). The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

CalFlora: [web application]. 2002. Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization].

California Native Plant Society. 2001. Inventory of rare and endangered plants of California (sixth edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor. Sacramento, CA: California Native Plant Society.

California Natural Diversity Database. 2002. RareFind 2, Version 2.1.2 (August, 2002, update). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

California Natural Diversity Database. June 2003. Special vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens list. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game.

Foster, Mike. 2003. "Sensitive plant biological evaluation for Salmon Creek Allotment." Unpublished document, on file at Frazier Park, CA.

Kruckeberg, Arthur R. 1957. Variation in fertility of hybrids between isolated populations of the serpentine species, Streptanthus glandulosus Hook. Evolution 11: 185-211.

Mayer, M. S.; Soltis, P. S.; Soltis, D. E. 1994. The evolution of the Streptanthus glandulosus complex (Cruciferae): genetic divergence and gene flow in serpentine endemics. American Journal of Botany 81: 1288-1299.

Norman, Jeff. Consulting biologist. Big Sur, California. [Telephone conversation with Mike Foster]. October 3, 2003. Painter, E.L. 2004. Individual taxon accounts. Science consistency review report. Unpublished document on file, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA.

Preston, Robert E. 1984. Pollination biology of Streptanthus tortuosus (Brassicaceae). Madroño 41: 138-147.

Smith, Clifton. 1997. A flora of the Santa Barbara region, California. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & Capra Press.

Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. Southern California mountains and foothills assessment: habitat and species conservation issues. (General Technical Report GTR-PSW-172.) Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

My determination based on the factors described above warrant this taxon to be:

__X_ Sensitive ___ Removed from ___ Rejected from ___ NFMA via plant list further consideration FLRMP

Name: Lloyd Simpson Title: Los Padres NF Forest botanist Date: 10/31/05