Special Status Plants of the Bishop Field Office

This plant guide identifies the special status plants that are known to occur on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, but they may only be suspected on land administered by the Bishop Field Office.  To view a photograph and more information on an individual plant, click on the plant's common name below. To see a complete list of all plants, regardless of if it is known or suspected, click here.

Alkali Ivesia Ivesia kingii ssp. kingii	Bodie Hills Cusickiella Cusickiella quadricostata	Bodie Hills Rock Cress Arabis bodiensis
Bristlecone Cryptantha Cryptantha roosiorum	Fish Slough Milk-Vetch Astragalus lentiginosus ssp. piscinensis	Inyo Laphamia Perityle inyoensis
Inyo County Star-Tulip Calochortus excavatus	Jaeger's Caulostramina Caulostramina jaegeri	July Gold Dedeckera eurekensis
Long Valley Milk-Vetch Astragalus johannis-howellii	Masonic Mountain Jewelflower Streptanthus oliganthus	Mono County Phacelia Phacelia monoensis
Mono Lake Lupine Lupinus duranii	Mono Milk-Vetch Astragalus monoensis var. monoensis	Owens Valley Checker-Mallow Sidalcea covillei
Panamint Mountains Lupine Lupinus magnificus ssp. magnificus	Panamint Mountains Buckwheat Eriogonum microthecum var. panamintense	Sagebrush Loeflingia Loeflingia squarrosa var. artemisiarum
Silverleaf Milk-Vetch Astragalus argophyllus var. argophyllus	Tonopah Milk-Vetch Astragalus pseudiodanthus

Special status plants are those plants whose survival is of concern due to 1) their limited distribution, 2) low number of individuals and/or populations, and 3) potential threats to habitat.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) uses the term "special status plants" to include: http://www.blm.gov/publish/content/ca/en/prog/ssp/main_status.html1) Federal endangered, threatened,proposed and candidate species; 2) California State endangered, threatened, and rare species; and 3) BLM Sensitive plants. Sensitive plants are those species that do not occur on Federal or state lists, but which are designated by the BLM State Director for special management consideration.

It is BLM policy to manage for the conservation of special status plants and their associated habitats and to ensure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out do not contribute to the need to list any species as threatened or endangered.