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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat .
Southern mountain wild-buckwheat flower heads. Photo by Chris Wagner, San Bernardino National Forest.

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat .
Southern mountain wild-buckwheat. Photo by Chris Wagner, San Bernardino National Forest.

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat habitat.
Southern mountain buckwheat habitat. Photo by Chelsea Vollmer, San Bernardino National Forest.

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat range map.
Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum range map.

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat

ESA Status

Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.

Threats

Destruction, degradation, and fragmentation of  pebble plain habitat resulting from:

  • Urbanization
  • ORV traffic
  • Fuel wood harvesting
  • Mining activities
  • Alteration of hydrological regimes

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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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/eriogonum_kennedyi_austromontanum/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:23 EDT