PLANTS Profile for Zigadenus elegans (mountain deathcamas)

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PLANTS Profile

Zigadenus elegans Pursh
mountain deathcamas

Symbol:

ZIEL2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Zigadenus elegans Pursh

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Distribution:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh


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USA (AK, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 15 species in Zigadenus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans. . Image Available.

Zigadenus elegans ssp. elegans
mountain deathcamas

Distribution of Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hultén. . Image Available.

Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus
mountain deathcamas

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Zigadenus Michx. – deathcamas
Species	Zigadenus elegans Pursh – mountain deathcamas

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
alkali-grass, white camas		Salvage restricted
Illinois:
Zigadenus glaucus [=ZIELG]
white camass		Endangered
Indiana:
Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus [=ZIELG]
white camas		Rare
New York:
Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus
white camas		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Zigadenus elegans var. glaucus [=ZIELG]
death-camas		Endangered
Tennessee:
Zigadenus glaucus [=ZIELG]
white camas		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Zigadenus elegans Pursh

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 3

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW+

UPL

FAC-

FACU

FAC

FACW+

FACU+

FACU

Zigadenus glaucus [=ZIELG]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43158.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:15 AM CDT