Species Details

Epilobium oreganum

Oregon fireweed

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Classification

Scientific Name: Epilobium oreganum Greene
Common Name: Oregon fireweed
Family:	Onagraceae
Element Code:	PDONA060P0
USDA Plants Symbol:	EPOR
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G2
State Rank:	S2
Other Status:	BLM_S; SB_CalBG/RSABG; USFS_S
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1980-01-01
Date Edited:	2024-11-05

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial herb

Blooming Period: Jun-Sep

Elevation:
500 - 2240 meters
1640 - 7350 feet

General Habitats:

Bogs and fens
Lower montane coniferous forest
Meadows and seeps
Upper montane coniferous forest

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Mesic

Notes

Notes: Unable to confirm many historical occurrences on Shasta-Trinity NF; is it more common elsewhere? Threatened by logging and grazing. Known from fewer than 1000 plants at about twenty localities in OR, where candidate for state listing. See Pittonia 1:255 (1888) for original description.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	6
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	17	27 %
Road/trail construction/maint.	7	11%
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime	6	9%
Grazing	6	9%
Foot traffic/trampling	3	4%
Recreational use (non-ORV)	2	3%
Other	1	1%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					62
A	B	C	D	X	U
4	19	2	0	0	37

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	37
Recent <=20 Years	25

Presence:
Presumed Extant	62
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA), Oregon (OR)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Del Norte (DNT), Glenn (GLE), Humboldt (HUM), Mendocino (MEN), Shasta (SHA), Siskiyou (SIS), Tehama (TEH), Trinity (TRI)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
O'brien -rename- (4212316), Takilma (4212315), Board Camp Mtn. (4012366), Broken Rib Mtn. (4112386), Buck Rock (3912288), Buckhorn Bally (4112287), Caribou Lake (4112218), Chicken Hawk Hill (4112214), Chimney Rock (4112356), City of Mount Shasta (4112233), Covington Mill (4012287), Denny (4012384), Dunsmuir (4112223), Forest Glen (4012333), Grouse Mtn. (4012376), Hoosimbim Mtn. (4012258), Hyampom Mtn. (4012364), Maple Creek (4012377), Marble Mountain (4112352), Mendocino Pass (3912278), Mount Eddy (4112234), Naufus Creek (4012343), Plaskett Meadows (3912267), Polar Bear Mtn. (4112385), Pony Buck Peak (4012331), Rush Creek Lakes (4012278), Siligo Peak (4012288), Sims Mountain (4012365), Smoky Creek (4012332), Somes Bar (4112344), Tangle Blue Lake (4112226), Tish Tang Point (4112315), Trinity Center (4012286), Trinity Dam (4012277), Trinity Mtn. (4112314), Ukonom Mtn. (4112354), Whisky Bill Peak (4112215), Wildwood (4012341), Ycatapom Peak (4112217)

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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Selected References

Other:

USFS Potential Species of Conservation Concern Profile