El Dorado Bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Rubiaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 129288
Lifeform: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is El Dorado Bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae) located in the wild?

Habitat:

gabbroic or serpentine-derived soils in the foothills of western El Dorado, Nevada, or Tuolumne Counties within chaparral or oak woodland communities oak woodland areas, including sites with ponderosa pine and gray pine

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

El Dorado Bedstraw can historically be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve El Dorado Bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

one or more of the following: urbanization and the ensuing habitat fragmentation, inadequate regulatory mechanisms, road construction and maintenance, herbicide spraying, change in fire frequency, off-road vehicle use, unauthorized dumping, horse

01/01/2010

restricted to one localized area-Pine Hill and surrounding ridges to the west