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 Eriqeron eatonii var. eatonii 



I. SPECIES INFORMATION 

 A. CLASSIFICATION 



1. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eriqeron eatonii (Gray) Howell 

 var. eatonii 



2. COMMON NAME: Eaton's daisy 



3. FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower family) 



4. GENUS: According to Cronquist (1955), there are 

 approximately 200 species of Eriqeron , 130 of which 

 are centered in the western Cordillera in North 

 America north of Mexico. 



5. SPECIES/VARIETY: Eriqeron eatonii is a species of 

 mountains and foothills, occurring from northern 

 Arizona to northern Wyoming and adjacent Montana, 

 and west into central Washington and California. 

 Cronquist (1955) recognizes three varieties, each 

 occupying different portions of the species' range. 

 Variety eatonii is found from southwest Montana, 

 Wyoming and southern Idaho southward. Variety 

 villosus is found in central and western Idaho, 

 southern Oregon and Washington, while var. 

 plantaqineus occurs in California, adjacent Nevada 

 and southern Oregon. 



PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 



1. FEDERAL STATUS 



a. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: Eriqeron 



eatonii var. eatonii is not currently listed in the 

 U.S.F.W.S. Notice of Review (U.S. Department of 

 Interior 1985) . 



b. U.S. FOREST SERVICE: Eriqeron eatonii var. 

 eatonii is currently included on the list of 

 sensitive plant species for Region 1 (Northern 

 Region) of the U.S. Forest Service (U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture 1988) . 



2. STATE: Eriqeron eatonii var. eatonii is currently 

 listed by the Montana Natural Heritage Program 

 (Shelly 1989) as "critically imperiled in the 

 state" (state rank = SI) . This state rank does not 

 currently provide any direct legal protection. 

 Through its inclusion on the Region 1 sensitive 

 plant list, the taxon has legal protection under 



