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Townsendia jonesii var. tumulosa
| Taxonomy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Townsendia jonesii var. tumulosa | ||||
| Common name: | Charleston grounddaisy | ||||
| Rank and Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Rank: | G4T3 | Native Status: | Native |
| Subnational (State) Rank: | S3 | Endemic: | Yes |
| US ESA Status: | None | Sand Dunes: | No |
| NNHP Tracking Status: | At-Risk List | Wetland: | No |
| Other Agency Status | Status | Last Updated | Status Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management - Nevada | Dropped, no longer of concern | Not included in 2011 BLM Sensitive list | |
| US Forest Service - Region 4 (Intermountain) | Sensitive | USFS list, Jan 2015 update | |
| Nevada Native Plant Society | Watch |
| Distribution (NV Counties) |
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Status: Confident or certain
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Clark |
Nye |
| Summary Occurrence Data | |
|---|---|
| Occurrence Count: | 45 |
| Total Observed Area (hectares): | 1 |
| Maximum Known Elevation (m): | 3371 |
| Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 1585 |
| Links |
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| Townsendia jonesii var. tumulosa data at NatureServe |
| Townsendia jonesii var. tumulosa photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
| Character Abstract | |
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| Habitat Comments: | Open, sparsely vegetated calcareous areas, on shallow gravelly carbonate soils on slopes and exposed knolls in forest clearings mostly in the montane conifer zone with Pinus ponderosa, extending to the pinyon-juniper, mountain mahogany, and lower subalpine conifer zones, recurring on knolls of white, alkaline, calcareous, silty lacustrine deposits in the upper shadscale/mixed-shrub and lower sagebrush zones. |
| Ecology Comments: | |
| Inventory Comments: | Some targeted surveys have been conducted, but much potential habitat remains unexamined. |
| Inventory Needs: | |
| Version Date: | 02/02/1999 - 12:00am |
 flowering heads
Photographer: Copyright Jan Nachlinger, The Nature Conservancy
Photo Date: |
 Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Peggy Duke
Photo Date: 1980 |
