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All plant taxa that the State of California or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service list as being threatened species, endangered species, or rare species in California, are included in the lists. [2] [3]: 10 They are continually updated with additions, changes, and deletions.
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 3654 endangered plant species. [1] Of all evaluated plant species, 17% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 99 subspecies and 101 varieties as endangered.
A list of endangered plants and lichens, ... (California jewelflower) ... U.S. Endangered Species List: Flora—plants;
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
Cuscuta pacifica var. papillata, a parasitic plant found only in the salt marshes of Mendocino county; Eriogonum kelloggii, a species of buckwheat found only on Red Mountain near Leggett; Harmonia guggolziorum, a flowering aster found in two locations near Hopland; Limnanthes bakeri, a meadowfarm plant known in only 20 locations near Willits
A 2001 study by the California Native Plant Society estimated 6,300 native plants. These estimates continue to change over time. [2] Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4]
This is a list of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, the nine California counties which border on San Francisco Bay. The area has a number of highly diverse, local bioregions, including San Bruno Mountain .
Critically Endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5702 plant species categorized as Critically Endangered, including 569 which are tagged as possibly extinct and 48 possibly extinct in the wild.