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Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans
mountain deathcamas

       
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Anticlea elegans

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

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Synonyms:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

  ANCO41 Anticlea coloradensis (Rydb.) Rydb.
  ANEL5 Anticlea elegans (Pursh) Rydb.
  ZIAL Zigadenus alpinus Blank.
 

Distribution:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

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USA (AK, AZ, CO, IA, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 15 species in Zigadenus, 2 subspecies in Zigadenus elegans Pursh
 

Classification:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

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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
Subspecies Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans – mountain deathcamas
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

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Arizona:
Zigadenus elegans
alkali-grass, white camas              Salvage restricted
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 ssp. elegans

Zigadenus elegans:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACW+ NI UPL FAC- FACU FAC FACW+ FACU+ FACU FACU NO FACU NO NO
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Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. elegans

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