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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

Ivesia longibracteata.
This photo clearly shows the long bractlets between the sepals, longer than the sepals themselves; this feature is unique to this species of Ivesia and is the source of its name, longibracteata. Photo by Julie Kierstead Nelson.

Ivesia longibracteata.
Ivesia longibracteata. Photo courtesy of Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Ivesia longibracteata.
Castle Crags ivesia is known only from Castle Crags, both in the state park and adjacent national forest land in Castle Crags Wilderness Area, where it grows in crevices of granodiorite cliffs at about 4500 feet elevation. Photo by Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College.

Ivesia longibracteata range map.
Ivesia longibracteata range map.

Ivesia longibracteata, Castle Crags ivesia

Threats

  • NatureServe has not assessed threats yet.

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Last modified: Thursday, 08-Dec-2011 15:42:59 EST