Species Details

Peltigera gowardii

western waterfan lichen

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Classification

Scientific Name: Peltigera gowardii Lendemer & H. O’Brien
Common Name: western waterfan lichen
Family:	Peltigeraceae
Element Code:	NLVER00460
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G4?
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:	USFS_S
CRPR Changes: added to 4.2 on 2014-03-01
Add Date:	2014-03-01
Date Edited:	2021-10-08

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: foliose lichen (aquatic)

Blooming Period:

Elevation:
1065 - 2620 meters
3495 - 8595 feet

General Habitats:

Riparian forest

Microhabitat Details: On rocks in cold water creeks with little or no sediment or disturbance

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Threatened by hydrological alterations, recreational activities, erosion, logging, and vehicles. Often associated with rich bryophyte flora. See Bulletin of the California Lichen Society 13(2):42-44 (2006) for CALS Conservation Committee sponsorship.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	8
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	14	54 %
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime	7	26%
Logging	3	11%
ORV activity	2	7%
Recreational use (non-ORV)	2	7%
Surface water diversion	1	3%
Other	1	3%
Dam/Inundation	1	3%
Erosion/runoff	1	3%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					26
A	B	C	D	X	U
8	8	1	0	0	9

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	2
Recent <=20 Years	24

Presence:
Presumed Extant	26
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA), Georgia (GA), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), Montana (MT), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Tennessee (TN), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Amador (AMA), Butte (BUT), Calaveras (CAL), El Dorado (ELD), Fresno (FRE), Madera (MAD), Mariposa (MPA), Mono (MNO), Placer (PLA), Plumas (PLU), Sierra (SIE), Siskiyou (SIS), Trinity (TRI), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO), Yuba (YUB)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
American House (3912161), Boards Crossing (3812032), Calaveras Dome (3812042), Caldor (3812054), Camp Nelson (3611825), Cascade (3912162), Crandall Peak (3812022), Dinkey Creek (3711912), Dogwood Peak (3912171), Duckwall Mtn. (3712081), Echo Lake (3812071), Emerald Bay (3812081), Etna (4112248), Fish Camp (3711946), Forest Glen (4012333), Freel Peak (3811978), Haypress Valley (3912055), Homewood (3912012), Hull Creek (3812011), Huntington Lake (3711922), La Porte (3912068), Leek Spring Hill (3812063), Mammoth Pool Dam (3711933), Meeks Bay (3912011), Mount Dana (3711982), Muir Grove (3611867), Patterson Mtn. (3611981), Peddler Hill (3812053), Pollock Pines (3812075), Pulga (3912174), Red Cinder (4012142), Robbs Peak (3812084), Rough Spur (3611888), Sentinel Peak (3611815), Shuteye Peak (3711934), Soapstone Hill (3912173), Stanislaus (3812023), Strawberry (3812021), Strawberry Valley (3912151), Westville (3912026), White Chief Mtn. (3711945)

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.

Regional Map

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Presumed Extant

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CNPS Rare Plant Inventory