USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

As suggested by one of its common names, this plant is restricted to a stretch of the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada, growing in foothill chaparral and woodlands. Photo by Fletcher Linton.

Heterotheca shevockii range map.
Heterotheca shevockii, Kern Canyon goldenaster
Threats
- Plants along California State Route 178 may be affected by road maintenance.
- Populations along the Kern River are subject to impacts from recreation.
Conservation Status
National Forest and Grassland Occurrence
More Information
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U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/critically_imperiled/heterotheca_shevockii/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:35:42 EDT