Species Details

Downingia laeta

Great Basin downingia

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Classification

Scientific Name: Downingia laeta (Greene) Greene
Common Name: Great Basin downingia
Family:	Campanulaceae
Element Code:	PDCAM06080
USDA Plants Symbol:	DOLA2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G5
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:	IUCN_LC
CRPR Changes: changed from 2.2 to 2B.2 on 2013-06-12
Add Date:	2001-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-07-14

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb

Blooming Period: May-Jul

Elevation:
1220 - 2200 meters
4005 - 7220 feet

General Habitats:

Great Basin scrub (mesic)
Meadows and seeps
Marshes and swamps (shallow freshwater)
Pinyon and juniper woodland (mesic)
Vernal pools

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Known in CA from fewer than 20 occurrences. On watch list in OR. See Erythea 1:238 (1893) for original description, and Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 2:45 (1910) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	1
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	1	5 %
Grazing	1	5%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					19
A	B	C	D	X	U
1	3	1	0	0	14

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	14
Recent <=20 Years	5

Presence:
Presumed Extant	19
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA), Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT), Wyoming (WY)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Lassen (LAS), Modoc (MOD)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Alturas (4112045), Bieber (4112112), Big Swamp (4112121), Holbrook Canyon (4112015), Karlo (4012053), Little Mud Flat (4012042), Lookout (4112122), Milford (4012023), Observation Peak (4012072), Petes Valley (4012054), Ravendale (4012073), Said Valley (4012087), Shaffer Mtn. (4012043), Sheepshead (4012077), Stony Ridge (4012024), Wendel Hot Springs (4012033), West of Snowstorm Mtn. (4012064)

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.

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Presumed Extant

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