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12-22-2016

Amsonia kearneyana

Amsonia kearneyana NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.Amsonia kearneyana is a rare species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common name Kearney’s bluestar. It is native to Arizona, where there is only one native population in the Baboquivari Mountains of Pima County. There may also be a population just south of the border in Sonora, Mexico. The plant was federally listed as an endangered species in 1989. At that time the global population of the plant was made up of eight individuals in a riparian canyon. Since that time the plant has been manually propagated in an attempt to increase its numbers. Threats to the tiny native population include habitat destruction from livestock

Detailed information
Full Name: Kearney's blue-star (Amsonia kearneyana)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 01/19/1989 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Kearney's blue-star, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona
  • US Counties in which the Kearney's blue-star, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Kearney's blue-star, Wherever found is known to occur: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
  • Additional species information
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
03/20/2008 73 FR 14995 14997 5-Year Reviews of 28 Southwestern Species
01/19/1989 54 FR 2131 2134 ETWP; Determination of Amsonia kearneyana to be Endangered Species; 54 FR 2131 2134
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Kearney's blue-star.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
05/24/1993 Kearney's Blue-star View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
05/24/1993 Kearney's Blue-star View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
03/20/2008 73 FR 14995 14997 5-Year Reviews of 28 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
08/15/2013 5-Year-Review for Kearney Bluestar - 2013
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