Species Details

Blepharizonia plumosa

big tarplant

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Notes:
Historical occurrences probably extirpated by agriculture and non-native plants. Seriously threatened by urbanization; also threatened by disking, residential development, and non-native plants. See B. plumosa ssp. plumosa in TJM (1993). See Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences I 5:49 (1873) for original description, Systematic Botany 26(1):184-194 (2001) for elevation to specific rank, and MadroƱo 48(4):272-285 (2001) for demography and population biology.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Threat List Total: 9
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 25 47 %
THREAT LIST:
Grazing 13 24%
Development 11 20%
Non-native plant impacts 9 16%
Road/trail construction/maint. 5 9%
Disking 4 7%
Total Occurrences: 53
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
6 24 4 1 2 16
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 37
Recent <=20 Years 16
Presence:
Presumed Extant 51
Possibly Extirpated 2
Presumed Extirpated 0
California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
California (CA)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Alameda (ALA), Contra Costa (CCA), San Joaquin (SJQ), Solano (SOL)*, Stanislaus (STA)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Altamont (3712166), Antioch North (3812117)(?), Antioch South (3712187), Benicia (3812212), Brentwood (3712186), Byron Hot Springs (3712176), Clayton (3712188), Copper Mtn. (3712143), Honker Bay (3812118)(?), Midway (3712165), Patterson (3712142), Stockton West (3712183), Tracy (3712164), Union Island (3712174), Walnut Creek (3712281)(?), Westley (3712152)*
Notes:
Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
* Presumed extirpated
(?) Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.
Presumed Extant
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