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Snow Mountain Buckwheat (Eriogonum nervulosum)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Polygonaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 143009
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb, Subshrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Snow Mountain Buckwheat (Eriogonum nervulosum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Snow Mountain Buckwheat can be found in California

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Eriogonum nervulosum in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Eriogonum nervulosum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 280 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

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

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Eriogonum nervulosum from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Eriogonum nervulosum
Authority (S. Stokes) Reveal
Family Polygonaceae
CPC Number 1761
ITIS 21201
USDA ERNE8
Duration Perennial
Common Names Snow Mountain Buckwheat | wild-buckwheat
Associated Scientific Names Eriogonum nervulosum | Eriogonum ursinum var. nervulosum
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S2
Ecological Relationships

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