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Species Details

Penstemon cinicola

ash beardtongue

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Classification

Scientific Name:
Penstemon cinicola Keck
Common Name:
ash beardtongue
Family: Plantaginaceae
Element Code: PDSCR1L1B0
USDA Plants Symbol: PECI2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank: 4.3
Fed List: None
State List: None
Global Rank: G4
State Rank:
 S3
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:
Add Date: 1974-01-01
Date Edited: 2022-06-08

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial herb
Blooming Period: Jun-Aug(Sep)
Elevation:
730 - 2685 meters
2395 - 8810 feet
General Habitat:
  • Lower montane coniferous forest
  • Meadows and seeps
  • Upper montane coniferous forest
General Micro Habitat:
Micro Habitat:
  • Rocky (sometimes)
  • Sandy (sometimes)
  • Volcanic

Notes

Notes:
Possibly threatened by logging, grazing, foot traffic, and trail maintenance. See Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 520:294 (1940) for original description.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Other:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Total Occurrences: 0
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
0 0 0 0 0 0
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 0
Recent <=20 Years 0
Presence:
Presumed Extant 0
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), Lassen (LAS), Modoc (MOD), Mono (MNO), Plumas (PLU), Shasta (SHA), Siskiyou (SIS)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Bogard Buttes (4012152), Champs Flat (4012068), Chimney Rock (4112356), Dexter Canyon (3711877), Grass Lake (4112262), Jacks Backbone (4012166), Medicine Lake (4112155), Perez (4112163), Pine Creek Valley (4012151), Prospect Peak (4012153), Red Cinder (4012142), Swain Mountain (4012141), Swains Hole (4012163), West Prospect Peak (4012154)
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

Map

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Selected References

Suggested Citation:
California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2022. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9-01 1.5). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 1 July 2022].