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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Closeup Schwalbea americana , American chaffseed, flower.
Schwalbea americana. Photo by Hugh and Carol Nourse.

Schwalbea americana , American chaffseed.
Schwalbea americana. Photo by Guy Anglin.

Schwalbea americana , American chaffseed, range map.
Schwalbea americana range map.

Schwalbea americana, American chaffseed

ESA Status

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

Threats

  • Direct loss of habitat to development, road widening, and conversion to pine plantations
  • Indirect effects of urbanization, including total fire suppression, which leads to the loss of the open ecosystems inhabited by Schwalbea

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/schwalbea_americana/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:42 EDT