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cryptantha crassipes
12-22-2016

Cryptantha crassipes

Cryptantha crassipes 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.

ITIS Reports — Cryptantha crassipes ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

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.This plant grows only on the Fizzle Flat lentil, a small geologic formation in the Terlingua Creek watershed just north of Big Bend National Park.  This lentil is a unique expanse of limestone rock which is rich in gypsum and bound with clay. The formation, which locals call a”moonscape”, is pale yellow in color because of its mineral makeup and about 50 feet thick. The chalky rock breaks into plates and contains many fossils. The area is very dry and it receives full, hot sunlight. The lentil is almost totally devoid of plant life; this species and other hardy plants, such as Castilleja elongata and Lycium berberioides, occur around the edge of the lenti

Detailed information
Full Name: Terlingua Creek cat's-eye (Cryptantha crassipes)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 09/30/1991 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Terlingua Creek cat's-eye, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Texas
  • US Counties in which the Terlingua Creek cat's-eye, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Terlingua Creek cat's-eye.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
04/05/1994 Terlingua Creek Cat's Eye View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
04/05/1994 Terlingua Creek Cat's Eye 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
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