Taxon Report

Eurybia merita (A. Nels.) Nesom

subalpine aster

Print Report

©2014 Richard Spellenberg

Classification


Scientific Name:	Eurybia merita (A. Nels.) Nesom
Common Name:	subalpine aster
Family:	Asteraceae
Element Code:	PDASTEB030
USDA Plants Symbol:	EUME17
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial herb
Blooming Period: Aug	Aug
Elevation:	1300-2085 (4265-6840)
General Habitats:	Upper montane coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.3
Global Rank:	G5
State Rank:	S3
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:	changed from 2.3 to 2B.3 on 2013-06-12 added to 2.3 on 2006-09-14

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	21
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	0
Good (B)	1
Fair (C)	1
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	19

Location


California Endemic: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Nevada (NEV), Placer (PLA), Plumas (PLU), Shasta (SHA), Siskiyou (SIS), Trinity (TRI)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Bogus Mountain (4112274), Boulder Peak (4112351), China Mtn. (4112245), City of Mount Shasta (4112233), Dogwood Peak (3912171), Elk Spring (4112231), English Peak (4112342), Girard Ridge (4112222), Grass Lake (4112262), Grizzly Peak (4112128), Homewood (3912012), Hotlum (4112243), Iron Gate Reservoir (4112284), Kings Beach (3912021), Lake McCloud (4112221), Marble Mountain (4112352), McCloud (4112232), Mount Eddy (4112234), Mt. Harkness (4012143), Norden (3912033), Onion Valley (3912078), Scott Mountain (4112236), Seven Lakes Basin (4112224), South China Mtn. (4112235), Tahoe City (3912022), Truckee (3912032), Weed (4112244), Yreka (4112266)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	0
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	0	%

Notes



Can be confused with Eurybia radulina. See Synoptical Flora of North America 1: 176 (1884) for original description (as Aster sibiricus) and SIDA 21(1): 459-461 (2004) for information on the first record in California.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

CRPR List Addition on 2006-09-14

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 30 December 2024].