Forked Buckwheat (Eriogonum bifurcatum)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polygonaceae
State: CA, NV
Nature Serve ID: 141596
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Forked Buckwheat (Eriogonum bifurcatum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Forked Buckwheat can be found in California, Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Forked Buckwheat (Eriogonum bifurcatum)?

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Katie Heineman

02/28/2023

California Botanic Garden made a conservation seed collection on BLM land in Nevada.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Eriogonum bifurcatum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 5618 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Eriogonum bifurcatum from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 100 maternal plants