USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Hackelia venusta. Photo by Ben Legler.

Hackelia venusta habitat. Photo by Ben Legler.

Hackelia venusta range map.
Hackelia venusta, showy stickseed
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
Threats
- Collection
- Physical disturbance to the plants and habitat by humans
- Mass wasting (landslides)
- Competition and shading from native trees and shrubs, or encroachment by nonnative noxious weed species
- Fire suppression and associated activities
- Low seedling establishment
- Highway maintenance activities
- Only one population known. A single catastrophic event could lead to the extinction of the species.
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/tep/hackelia_venusta/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:26 EDT