NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS

2 Pages·1999·1.4 MB·English

by  Liam H Davis

Madrono, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 215-216, 1999
NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS
California consin, southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa
AstragalusagnicidusBarneby (FABACEAE).—L. Da- (Churchill Memoirs New York Botanical Garden. 45:
691-708, 1987).
vis 14 Sep 1999, USA, California, Mendocino Co., 14 air
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(NMC). Majority ofplants occur along disturbed logging
oped during theMadro-Tertiaryeventsofthe Eocene. Ad-
haul road in active timber harvest area: road through ditional populations may occur in southern Californiabut
mixed conifer and hardwood forest with previous logging
history; with Sequoia sempervirens, Pseudotsuga menzie- due to its very small size and xeric substraterequirements
this species has probably been overlooked.
sii, Ceanothus sp., Polystichum sp., Cortaderia sp.,
± 5000 plants in population, 5% flowering, 95% fruiting. —
Two collections were made atthe Road 330 Populationin Judith A. S. Harpel, Regional Interagency Bryolo-
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Department of Fish and Game) and Fay A.Yee and John fs.fed.us or [email protected].
Griffen (California Department ofForestry and Fire Pro-
tection) surveyed two populations designated the Bear
Gulch Population andtheRoad330Popmulation. TheRoad California
330 Population is approximately 800 east of the Bear
Gulch Population. The Bear Gulch Population is <100 Eriastr—um hooveri (Jepson) H. Mason (POWLEMONI-
plants. Seeds collected from three plants in situ at Road ACEAE). Los Angeles Co., Antelope Valley: ofLan-
330 Population were entered into Rancho Santa Ana Bo- caster, N. side of Avenue G, near 34°43'59.2"N
tanical Garden germ plasm bank. 118°11'41.9"W, 27 Apr 1998, Porter 11834 (RSA); Mo-
Previous knowledge. Listed state endangered April jave Desert: Antelope Valley, along Highway 138 (West
1982. Rediscoveredin 1987 byR. Sutherland,R. Bittman, Avenue D), west ofthejunction with Highway 14, at in-
and K. Berg near Miranda in Humboldt County. This oc- tersection with 40th Street, ca. 6.4 km southwest of Ro-
rceurmroevnacle. iTshleocoactceudrrinenacneoispennoiwngvcolauunsteadriblyy parostinegclteedtrbeye Msaamyon1d998D,ryBoLyadke&, Hneuagrhe3s4°1460'13859.5("RNSA)1.18°12'09.4"W, 5
the landowner, although the landowner attempted eradi- Previous knowledge. Eriastrum hooveri has been con-
cation in the early 1900's because of the plant's toxicity sidered endemic to the southern San Joaquin Valley and
to sheep. This site is now partially fenced and the land- southern inner Coast Ranges of Fresno, Kings, Kern,
owner no longer grazes sheep. (Berg and Bittman 1988, Santa Barbara, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare
Skinner and Pavlik 1994). The duplicate was determined counties (Hinshaw et al., 1998, Madrono 45:290-294;
by L. Davis and R. Spellenberg (Spellenberg 1993). Skinner & Pavlik, C.N.PS. Inventory ofRare and Endan-
Significance. First record for Mendocino County. Spe- gered Vascular Plants ofCalifornia, 5th ed., 1994; Patter-
cies now known from three occurrences. son, Eriastrum. Pp. 826-828 in Hickman, ed., TheJepson
Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of Cali-
1. Berg and Bittman. 1988. Fremontia 16:1:13-14. forniaPress, 1993). Thisspeciesischaracteristicallyfound
2. Skinner andPavlik. February 1994. CaliforniaNative in annual grassland and chenopod scrub habitats, often in
Plant Society's Inventory, 5th ed. Sacramento, CA. sandyloamsoilsderivedfromalluvialandcolluvialparent
3. Spellenberg, R. in J. Hickman. 1993. The Jepson materials (Hinshaw et al. loc. cit.). Often, E. hooveri is
Manual. UC Press. found in association with cryptogamic soil crusts in rela-
tively openhabitats, butrecent studiesindicatethe species
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Liam H. Davis, California Department of Fish and is capable ofwithstanding some forms ofphysical distur-
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Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. hooveri is currently listed as a Threatened Species under
the federal endangered species act.
Significance. Our collections represent the first records
for Eriastrum hooveri in Los Angeles County, and first
California recordsofthe species in the Mojave Desert. TheAntelope
Valley populations represent a disjunction of ca. 140 km
Jaffue—liobryum raui (Aust.) Ther. (GRIMMI- southeast from the nearest populations in Kern County.
ACEAE) Riverside Co., San Bernardino National For- The LosAngelesCountycollectionsarefromthesouth-
est, T6S R4E Sec. 27, Bull Canyon Road, 1700-1900 m, western portion of the Rosamond Dry Lake basin, es-
alongaridge on limestonerockoutcropsinchamisechap- pecially withinthe floodplainofAmargosaCreekandoth-
arral, 27 April 1980, Judith A. Harpel 1177 (UBC, UC). er drainages originating on the northerly flank ofthe Lie-
Previous knowledge. Known from mesic to more xeric bre Mountains. The habitat is characterized by an exten-
areas in southeastern Alberta, eastern Montanato western sive network of small, interconnected, barren alkali pool
North Dakota south to Texas, Utah, Arizona and New beds separated by very low hummocks of semialkaline,
Mexico, disjunct to the Driftless Area of southwest Wis- sandy loam soil. The predominant vegetation on the hum-
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mocks is a low, open scrub ofAtriplexpolycarpa, Kochia elev. 1.5 m, 28 Apr 1998, R. R. Halse 5315 (OSC—du-
californica, Artemisia spinescens, and Tetradymiaglabra- plicates to be distributed).
ta. Numerous annuals are prevalent on the cryptogamic Previous knowledge. This European native has escaped
crust covered hummocks, including Lepidium dictyotum, from cultivation along the central and northern California
Goodmania luteola, Chorizanthe spinoas, Lasthenia cali- coast (J. C. Hickman [ed.], The Jepson Manual: Higher
fornica, Malacothrixcoulteri, Cryptantha nevadensis, and Plants ofCalifornia, 1993).
Plagiobothrys leptocladus. At least during the relatively Significance. First report for OR.
wet 1998 season, Eriastrum hooveri was locally common Lonicera periclymenum L. (CAPRIFOLIACEAE).
in this part ofthe Antelope Valley. Lane Co.: In the Coast Range along State Hwy. 36, 2.7
The distribution (population structure) of Eriastrum km e ofBlachly, woody vine in a thicket ofbrambles and
hooveri has been characterized as comprising four meta- willows, flowers fragrant, varying from yellow to white,
populations: 1) the Kettleman Hills in Fresno and Kings assoc. genera: RubusdiscolorWeihe&Nees,R. laciniatus
counties; 2) the Carrizo Plain-Elkhorn Plain-Temblor Willd., Salix, Phalaris, T16S, R7W, SI1, elev. 228 m, 9
Range-Caliente Mountains-Cuyama Valley-Sierra Madre Jun 1997, R. R. Halse 5223 (OSC, BH, CAS, NY, RSA,
Mountains in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and ex- WTU).
treme western Kern counties; 3) the Lokern-Elk Hills- Previous knowledge. This Eurasian native sometimes
Buena Vista Hills-Coles Levee-Taft-Maricopa areas of escapes from cultivation in the eastern United States (H.
Kern County; and 4) the Antelope Plain-Lost Hills-Sem- A. Gleason and A. Cronquist, Manual of the Vascular
itropic Ridge region ofKern County (Sandoval & Cypher Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Cana-
1997, Hoover's wooly-star Profile, http://arnica.csustan. da, 2nd ed., 1991).
edu/esrpp/hoovers.htm). The Antelope Valley records ap- Significance. First report for OR. —
parently represent another distinct population system, ef- PlantagocoronopusL. (PLANTAGINACEAE). Lin-
fectively isolated from those of the San Joaquin Valley colnCo.: Newport, alongthe southjettyroad,insandwith
and inner Coast Ranges by the Tehachapi Mountains. Na- Plantago lanceolata L., P. major L., Lupinus, Agrostis,
tive habitat in the eastern Antelope Valley is becoming Fragaria, Achillea, Polygonum, T11S, R11W, S17, elev.
highly fragmented and degraded through rural develop- 1.5 m, 29 Sep 1999, R. R. Halse 5677 (OSC—duplicates
ment, roadbuilding, and marginal agriculture. Furthersur- to be distributed).
veys for E. hooveri near Rosamond Dry Lake and the Previous knowledge. This native of Europe is found
eastern Antelope Valley are warranted. along the coast ofCalifornia (J. C. Hickman, loc. cit.) and
— the southwest Oregon coast (M. E. Peck, AManual ofthe
SteveBoydandJ. MarkPorter. RanchoSantaAna Higher Plants ofOregon, 2nd ed., 1961).
Botanic Garden 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA Significance. Extends the distribution from Bandon in
91711. Coos Co., OR, ca. 170 km northward.
Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All. (BRASSICACEAE).
Multnomah Co.: Portland, Lower Albina, on ballast, 21
Jul 1902, E. P. Sheldon 9941 (OSC), det. by R. Halse,
Oregon 1996.
— Previous knowledge. A native of southern Europe this
Allium triquetrum L. (LILIACEAE). Curry Co.: species is found in widely separated sites from California
Langlois, sandy soil, apparently escaped, 21 Apr 1966, W. to the eastern United States (R. C. Rollins, Cruciferae of
L.Anderson (OSC); PortOrford, inavegetable/flowerbed Continental North America, 1993).
where persisting as a weed, 12 May 1996, P. Cracas Significance. First report for OR.
(OSC); Lincoln Co.: Newport, along the southjetty road —
in aditch withRumex, Stellaria, Elymus, Trifolium,Achil- Richard R. Halse. Department of Botany & Plant
lea, Lathyrus, perennial from abulb, flowerswhite, leaves Pathology, 2082 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University,
keeled, scape strongly three angled, T11S, R11W, S17, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902.