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

Lupinus padre-crowleyi.
Lupinus padre-crowleyi. Photo by Dean Wm. Taylor.

Lupinus padre-crowleyi.
This tall, silvery perennial bears the name of Father John J. Crowley, the "Desert Padre", who struggled mightily, and successfully, to enhance the economic base of the Eastern Sierra in the 1930s. Photo by Kathleen Nelson, Inyo National Forest.

Lupinus padre-crowleyi habitat.
Habitat for Father Crowley’s lupine is granitic, often rocky, soil within Sagebrush Scrub, Lodgepole Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Riparian Scrub, and Riparian Forest communities, at high elevations on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. Photo by Kathleen Nelson, Inyo National Forest.

Lupinus padre-crowleyi range map.
Lupinus padre-crowleyi range map.

Lupinus padre-crowleyi, Father Crowley’s lupine

Threats

  • Mining, logging, grazing, and off-road vehicle use.

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: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:35:50 EDT