Draft EIS_072312.pdf - Middle Fork American River Project ...

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Species Name Status a
Stebbins’
phacelia
(Phacelia
stebbinsii)
FSS;
1B.2
Blooming
Period Habitat Occurrence Notes
May–July Cismontane woodlands, lower
montane coniferous forest, and
meadows and seeps. Found on
dry, open rocky sites (bedrock
outcrops, rubble, or talus) on
ledges and moderate or steep
slopes as well as inner gorges
and near seeps in elevations
ranging from about 2,000 to
6,600 feet.
Forty-nine populations (112 acres) were
documented within the study area
around project facilities including:
• 44 populations in the vicinity of Hell
Hole reservoir (about 2.4 to 4.7
million individuals)
• Two small populations in the vicinity
of Brushy Creek (about 200
individuals)
• One population in the vicinity of
French Meadows reservoir (one
individual)
• Two populations in the vicinity of
the Rubicon River at Ellicott Bridge
(four individuals)
Additional populations were
documented by Forest Service and
CNDDB in rocky, upland areas along
the Rubicon River, Long Canyon Creek,
and Duncan Creek.
Note: CNDDB – California Natural Diversity Database
a
FSS = Forest Service Sensitive; California Rare Plant Rank: 1B = rare, threatened or endangered in California and
elsewhere; 3 = need more information; 4 = plants of limited distribution (watch list);_.1 = Seriously endangered in
California (more than 80 percent of occurrences threatened or high degree and immediacy of threat); _.2 = Fairly
endangered in California (20-80 percent occurrences threatened); _.3 = Not very endangered in California (