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Taxonomy: View taxonomy in ITIS Search for images on digitalmedia.fws.gov Listing Status: Threatened

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Water howellia

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(Howellia aquatilis) is a winter annual aquatic plant that grows 4-24 inches high. It has extensively branched, submerged or floating stems and narrow, linear, alternate (sometimes opposite) leaves up to 2 inches in length. Water howellia usually flowers in May and June, with small trumpet-shaped blooms ranging from white to light purple in color, at or above the water surface. There may also be small axillary flowers beneath the water surface. Water howellia reproduces only by seed which germinates when ponds dry during fall. This results in annual variability in population size depending on the extent of the previous season’s drying. Flowering occurs from June to August. The plant grows in areas that were once associated with glacial potholes and former river oxbows that flood in the spring, but usually dry at least partially by late summer. It is often found in shallow water (1-2 meters) and on the edges of deep ponds that are partially surrounded by deciduous trees such as black cottonwood and aspen. States in which Howellia aquatilis is known to occur: Currently known from California, Idaho, Montana, and Washington. Historically found in Oregon. The plant has also been found on Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in Washington.

This species is listed wherever it is found, but

• States/US Territories in which the Water howellia is known to or is believed to occur: California , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington • US Counties in which the Water howellia is known to or is believed to occur: View All • USFWS Refuges in which the Water howellia is known to occur: RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, TURNBULL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Current Listing Status Summary Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed Threatened 07/14/1994 Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6)

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Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 3 of 3) Date Citation Page Title 04-18- Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of Seven Wildlife Species and Two Plant 72 FR 19549 19551 2007 Species in the Mountain-Prairie Region 07-14- ETWP; The Plant, Water Howellia (Howellia Aquatilis), Determined 59 FR 35860 35864 1994 to Be a Threatened Species 04-16- ETWP; Proposed Listing of Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) as 58 FR 19795 19800 1993 Threatened

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Current Recovery Plan(s) Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status

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Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status 09/24/1996 Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) Recovery View Implementation Draft Plan, Public and Agency Review Draft Progress

Other Recovery Documents (Showing 1 of 1) Date Citation Page Title Document Type Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of Seven Wildlife Species and Two Plant • Notice 5-year Review, 04/18/2007 72 FR 19549 19551 Species in the Mountain-Prairie Initiation Region

Five Year Review Date Title 08/30/2013 Water howellia (Howellia aquatilis) 5-Year Review

» Critical Habitat

No critical habitat rules have been published for the Water howellia.

» Conservation Plans

No conservation plans have been created for Water howellia

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No petition findings have been published for the Water howellia.

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No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

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