Taxon Report

Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. ssp. oregana (Eastw.) Munz

Oregon bleeding heart

Print Report

©2008 Keir Morse

Classification


Scientific Name:	Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. ssp. oregana (Eastw.) Munz
Common Name:	Oregon bleeding heart
Family:	Papaveraceae
Element Code:	PDFUM04052
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial herb
Blooming Period: Apr-May	Apr-May
Elevation:	425-1485 (1395-4870)
General Habitats:	Lower montane coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Global Rank:	G5T4
State Rank:	S3
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


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

Location


California Endemic: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Del Norte (DNT), Humboldt (HUM), Shasta (SHA), Siskiyou (SIS)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Blue Creek Mtn. (4112347), Broken Rib Mtn. (4112386), Cant Hook Mtn. (4112368), Chimney Rock (4112356), Condrey Mtn. (4112288), Deadman Point (4112384), Fish Lake (4112336), Gasquet (4112378), Happy Camp (4112374), High Divide (4112481), High Plateau Mtn. (4112388), Hiouchi (4112471), Horse Creek (4112278), Johnsons (4112337), Klamath Glen (4112358), Lonesome Ridge (4112346), Platina (4012238), Polar Bear Mtn. (4112385), Seiad Valley (4112372), Shelly Creek Ridge (4112387), Ship Mountain (4112367), Slater Butte (4112373), Smith River (4112482), Summit Valley (4112357)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


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

Notes



Possibly threatened by logging. Commercially exploited in OR; on watch list. See D. formosa in TJM (1993) and TJM 2. See Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences IV 20:144 (1931) for original description, and Brittonia 13:1-57 (1961) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

USFS Potential Species of Conservation Concern Profile

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 25 December 2024].