Taxonomy | |||||
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Scientific Name: | Arctomecon californica | ||||
Common name: | Las Vegas bearpoppy |
Rank and Status | |||
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Global Rank: | G3 | Native Status: | Native |
Subnational (State) Rank: | S3 | Endemic: | No |
US ESA Status: | None | Sand Dunes: | No |
NNHP Tracking Status: | At-Risk List | Wetland: | No |
Other Agency Status | Status | Last Updated | Status Comments |
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Bureau of Land Management - Nevada | Sensitive | BLM Nevada Sensitive Species List dated 2017-10-01 | |
State of Nevada Protected | Critically endangered | ||
Nevada Native Plant Society | Threatened |
Distribution (NV Counties) |
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Mohave |
Clark |
Summary Occurrence Data | |
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Occurrence Count: | 75 |
Total Observed Area (hectares): | 10,043 |
Maximum Known Elevation (m): | 960 |
Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 323 |
Links |
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Arctomecon californica data at NatureServe |
Arctomecon californica photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
Character Abstract | |
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Phenology Comments: | Flowers mostly March through May. |
Reproduction Comments: | The species is an obligate outcrosser, dependent on bees and possibly other insects for successful reproduction. |
Habitat Comments: | Open, dry, spongy or powdery, often dissected ("badland") or hummocked soils with high gypsum content, often with well-developed soil crust, in areas of generally low relief on all aspects and slopes, with a sparse cover of other gypsum-tolerant species surrounded by Larrea tridentata, Atriplex, and Coleogyne ramosissima associations. On appropriate soil types, will often revegetate disturbances that have been allowed to recover if a soil seedbank remains. |
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Inventory Comments: | Surveys are substantially complete. |
Inventory Needs: | |
Version Date: | 08/10/2001 - 12:00am |
whole plant in flower
Photographer: Copyright Susan Cochrane Levitsky, California Department of Fish & Game
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whole plant in flower
Photographer: Orlando Mistretta, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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whole plant in flower
Photographer: Copyright Mike Rauschkolb, U.S. Borax Inc.
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close-up of flower
Photographer: Tim Ross, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Peggy Duke
Photo Date: 1980 |
Arctomecon californica flowers
Photographer: Jim Morefield (Nevada Natural Heritage Program)
Photo Date: 6 April |