Tauschia stricklandii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Mathias & Constance
Annotated by Mark Darrach, Jun 2020.

Oregon: Lincoln County: [locality and coordinates withheld; status in Oregon: S1 (Critically Imperiled; OBIC)],
Horizontal shelf of basalt in small rock outcrop and bald. Perched water table draining in small channels. With Cladonia, Stereocaulon, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichum commune, Polytrichum juniperinum, Racomitrium heterophyllum, Xerophyllum tenax, Lewisia columbiana, Allium crenulatum, dwarfed Gaultheria shallon, and Vaccinium caespitosum. Surrounded by second-growth forest of Tsuga heterophylla, Thuja plicata, Abies amabilis, and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Saddle Bag Mountain is the correct name. Site visited by Mark Darrach in June 2020: several discrete dense patches; estimated population at over 1000 individuals; over 90% vegetative only; root crown scars on one specimens indicate plant approximately 135 years old. Phenology: Flowers.

John A. Christy 10358-1, May 23, 2012
With Nathan Marcy
HPSU, Accession: 17689