Special Status Plants of the Mother Lode 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 Mother Lode 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.

Beaked Clarkia Clarkia rostrata	Big-Scaled Balsamroot Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. macrolepis	Brandegee's Clarkia Clarkia biloba ssp. brandegeae
Cantelow's Lewisia Lewisia cantelovii	Congdon's Lomatium Lomatium congdonii	El Dorado Bedstraw Galium californicum ssp. sierrae
El Dorado Mule Ears Wyethia reticulata	Ione Buckwheat Eriogonum apricum var. apricum	Ione Manzanita Arctostaphylos myrtifolia
Jepson's Onion Allium jepsonii	Layne's Butterweed Packera layneae	Mariposa Clarkia Clarkia biloba ssp. australis
Mariposa Cryptantha Cryptantha mariposae	Nissenan Manzanita Arctostaphylos nissenana	Parry's Horkelia Horkelia parryi
Pine Hill Ceanothus Ceanothus roderickii	Pine Hill Flannelbush Fremontodendron decumbens	Rawhide Hill Onion Allium tuolumnense
Red Hills Ragwort Senecio clevelandii var. heterophyllus	Red Hills Soaproot Chlorogalum grandiflorum	California Vervain Verbena californica
Shaggyhair Lupine Lupinus spectabilis	Slender-Stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus filicaulis	Stebbins' Morning Glory Calystegia stebbinsii
Tuolumne Fawn-Lily Erythronium tuolumnense

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: 1) 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.