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Plant Profile

Tidestrom Lupine (Lupinus tidestromii)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Fabaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 157005
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

silky creeping perennial herb

Where is Tidestrom Lupine (Lupinus tidestromii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Tidestrom Lupine can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Tidestrom Lupine (Lupinus tidestromii)?

California Native Plant Society

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

Emily Dangremond, et. al., published a study, "Apparent competition with an invasive plant hastens the extinction of an endangered lupine" in the journal Ecology, 2010. A culmination of four years of demographic research, this paper finds that L. tidestromii suffers from a high level of pre-dispersal seed consumption by Peromyscus maniculatus, a local rodent. The author finds this is due to the proximity of an invasive grass Ammophila arenaria.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

At the 95th ESA Annual Meeting, Eleanor Pardini presented work on the "Effects of predation on population dynamics and extinction risk of an endangered Lupinus species". This work included demographic models which considered seed predation, hybridization between L. tidestromii and nearby congener L. chamissonis, as well as species interactions.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

Melissa Patten presented work by herself, Eleanor Pardini, and Tiffany Knight at the 96th ESA Annual Meeting on the post-dispersal seed consumption of lupines including L. tidestromii.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

Pardini et. al published the study "Effects of seed density and proximity to refuge habitat on seed predation rates for a rare and a common Lupinus species" in the March 2017 issue of the American Journal of Botany. In this study they examined the role biotic interactions (such as seed predation) might have on the abundance of Lupinus tidestromii and its common congener L. chamissonis.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

A paper "Early Successional Microhabitats Allow the Persistence of Endangered Plants in Coastal Sand Dunes" was published in PLoS ONE, April 2015, by Eleanor Pardini, Kyle Vickstrom, and Tiffany Knight. In this work the authors examined the effects of invasive species on coastal dune ecosystems in Northern California. They found that in order to retain the native plants in these ecosystems, large-scale restorations are needed.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

Aldo Compagnoni, along with Eleanor Pardini and Tiffany Knight, published an article "Increasing temperature threatens an already endangered coastal dune plant" in Ecosphere, March 2021. Their study examined how this species might respond to climate change and found that with an increase in temperature of one degree C, all populations will likely decline.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

In 2009 the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office released their report, "Lupinus tidestromii (Clover lupine), 5-year review: Summary and Evaluation" describing habitat, key characteristics, flowering period, range, taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the species.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

At the 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, 2008, Emily Dangremond presented "Story of survival: A population viability analysis of Lupinus tidestromii". This work was done with Tiffany M. Knight at the Washington University in St. Louis.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

In the fall of 2008, Emily Dangremond published "The Effects of Invasive Species and Apparent Competition on the Population Dynamics of the Federally Endangered Lupinus Tidestromii" in the Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest.

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

In 2005, Michelle Coppoletta published via the University of California, Davis, "The Effects of Small Population Size on Plant Performance in Populations of the Federally Endangered Lupinus Tidestromii". She examined seven Point Reyes National Seashore populations and considered how soil and vegetation contributed to performance. Further, she conducted a common garden experiment to address genetic contributions. She found a reduction in plant size and reproductive individuals within small populations.