II. SPECIES INFORMATION 



A. CLASSIFICATION 



1. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allotropa virqata T. & G. ex Gray 



2. COMMON NAME: candystick, sugarstick (Hitchcock et al. 

 1959) . 



3. FAMILY: Ericaceae (Heath Family) . 



4. GENUS: Allotropa virqata is the only member of this 

 monotypic genus (Wallace 1975). 



5. SPECIES: Allotropa virqata was first collected by the 

 Wilkes Expedition in the Cascade Mountains of 

 Washington in the late 1800's (Hitchcock et al. 1959). 

 The first collection in Montana ( Stickney (100b) , MRC) 

 was from the Bitterroot Mountains, St. Mary Peak, 

 Ravalli County in 1965. First records for Idaho were 

 in Idaho County, Selway River valley ( Habeck (2503 ) , 

 MRC) in 1972. Prior to this, A. virqata was known only 

 from California to British Columbia at low elevations 

 in the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Mountains, and Coast 

 Ranges (Steele and Stickney 1974). 



B. PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 

 1. FEDERAL STATUS 



a. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: None. 



b. U.S. FOREST SERVICE: Allotropa virqata is 

 currently on the sensitive plant species list of 

 Regions 1 and 4 of the U.S. Forest Service. 

 Agency objectives and policy in the 1984 Forest 

 Service Manual provide for the management and 

 protection of sensitive species (Section 2670.32). 

 Under these guidelines, the U.S. Forest Service is 

 to "avoid or minimize impacts to species whose 

 viability has been identified as a concern" 



(2670.32.2) . 



STATES: 



Globally, this species is ranked by the Idaho 

 Natural Heritage Program as "apparently secure = 

 G4 , although it may be guite rare in parts of its 

 range, especially at the periphery" (Moseley and 

 Groves 1990) . 



