Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Southern mountain wild-buckwheat flower heads. Photo by Chris Wagner, San Bernardino National Forest.
Southern mountain wild-buckwheat. Photo by Chris Wagner, San Bernardino National Forest.
Southern mountain buckwheat habitat. Photo by Chelsea Vollmer, San Bernardino National Forest.
Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum range map.
Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum, southern mountain wild-buckwheat
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
Threats
Destruction, degradation, and fragmentation of pebble plain habitat resulting from:
- Urbanization
- ORV traffic
- Fuel wood harvesting
- Mining activities
- Alteration of hydrological regimes