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Viola charlestonensis
| Taxonomy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Viola charlestonensis | ||||
| Common name: | Charleston violet | ||||
| Rank and Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Rank: | G3Q | Native Status: | Native |
| Subnational (State) Rank: | S2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Summary Occurrence Data | |
|---|---|
| Occurrence Count: | 16 |
| Total Observed Area (hectares): | 4 |
| Maximum Known Elevation (m): | Not available |
| Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 1981 |
| Links |
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| Viola charlestonensis data at NatureServe |
| Viola charlestonensis photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
| Character Abstract | |
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| Identification Comments: | |
| Subspecies Comments: | |
| Lookalikes: | |
| Phenology Comments: | Flowering mainly May-June. |
| Reproduction Comments: | Reported by Baker and Clausen in Clokey (1945) to have set very few fruit and seeds in June 1937 in the Spring Mountains. |
| Habitat Comments: | Dry to slightly moist, open to partially shaded, shallow gravelly soils derived from carbonate rocks, often with considerable organic content, on gentle to steep slopes or on knolls, most frequently on north to east aspects, on woodland and forest floors or sometimes near springs in the pinyon-juniper woodland, montane conifer forest, and lower subalpine conifer forest zones. |
| Ecology Comments: | Serves as the exclusive larval host plant of a rare butterfly species in the Spring Mountains. |
| Inventory Comments: | Not yet systematically surveyed in Nevada. |
| Inventory Needs: | |
| Version Date: | 07/29/2002 - 12:00am |
 flowering plant
Photographer: Copyright Jan Nachlinger, The Nature Conservancy
Photo Date: |
 Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Jeanne R. Janish
Photo Date: 1980 |
