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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis
low hawksbeard

 
Scientific Name: Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis
English Name: low hawksbeard
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Classification Level: Subspecies
Species Group: Vascular Plant
Species Code: CREPMOD1
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Asterales Asteraceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4G5T4 (Oct 1987)
Provincial Status: SH (Mar 2022)
BC List: Red
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Ecology & Life History
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(Type / Subtype / Dependence) 		Grassland/Shrub / Grassland / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Sagebrush Steppe / Facultative - frequent use
Provincial Habitat Comments: Habitat is dry, open grassland on xeric, rocky sites at low to moderate elevations (Hitchcock et al. 1955-1969; Douglas et al. 1998-2002; Bogler 2006). Associated species listed on the few available herbarium specimens include Pseudoroegneria spicata, Artemisia, Ericameria nauseosa, Antennaria dimorpha, Selaginella densa, and Erigeron linearis. In B.C., Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis occurs 300-600 m lower than the 900 to 2500 m range reported for this taxon farther south in the Intermountain U.S. (Bogler 2006).
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Distribution
Endemic: N
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References and Related Literature
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Herbarium. Kamloops, BC
Babcock, E.B. 1947. The genus Crepis. Part 2. Univ.of CA Publ. in Bot. 22: 199-1030.
Babcock, E.B. and G.L. Stebbins. 1938. The American species of Crepis, their interrelationships and distribution as affected by polyploidy and apomixis. Carnegie Inst. of WA Publ. 504: 1-199.
Bogler, D.J. 2006. Crepis. Flora of North America 19-21: 216-228. Available at: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=108351 (accessed 24 February 2010).
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp.
Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, and D. Meidinger, eds. 1998b. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 1, Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Aceraceae through Asteraceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 436pp.
Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia. 2007. Priority grasslands initiative, methodology for identifying priority grasslands. Kamloops, BC. 101 pp.
Hitchcock, C. L., A. Cronquist, M. Ownbey, and J. W. Thompson. 1955, 1959, 1961, 1964 and 1969. 7th printing 1994. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Parts 1-5. Univ. Wash. Press, Seattle.
Royal British Columbia Museum. 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC. V8V 1X4.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 14, 2026).