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12-22-2016

Eriogonum pelinophilum

Eriogonum pelinophilum 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 — Eriogonum pelinophilum 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.Eriogonum pelinophilum is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name clay-loving wild buckwheat. It is endemic to the state of Colorado in the United States, where it is known from only two counties. The most recent estimates available suggest there are 12 occurrences in existence for a total of about 278,000 individual plants in Delta and Montrose Counties. At least 7 occurrences observed in the past have not been relocated but are not yet believed extirpated. This plant is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

Eriogonum pelinophilum) was first collected in 1958 near Hotchkiss, Colorado, in Delta County by Howard Gentry (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS, 1988). The species was first described by James Reveal in1973.

Detailed information
Full Name: clay-loving wild buckwheat (Eriogonum pelinophilum)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 07/13/1984 Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the clay-loving wild buckwheat, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Colorado
  • US Counties in which the clay-loving wild buckwheat, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Recovery
To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
11/10/1988 Clay-loving Wild buckwheat View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
11/10/1988 Clay-loving Wild buckwheat View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
10/06/2008 73 FR 58261 58262 5-Year Reviews of Three Wildlife Species and Eight Plant Species in the Mountain-Prairie Region
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
09/30/2009 Clay-loving Wild Buckwheat 5-Year Review
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