Howells spectacular thelypody thelypodium howellii SSP spectabilis is an exceedingly rare member of the mustard family that is only found in eastern oregon compared to historic records, results from…

Howells spectacular thelypody thelypodium howellii SSP spectabilis is an exceedingly rare member of the mustard family that is only found in eastern oregon compared to historic records, results from recent 2021 monitoring showed the number of flowering thelypody had declined at many sites, and several smaller patches may be extirpated past work with this species performed by the oregon department of agriculture in 2007 included introducing the species to a new site our recent monitoring effort found thelypody at that site have persisted over a decade later, affirming reintroduction can be a successful recovery action over a three year period, we propose 1 developing a seed increase program to generate a large volume of seed off site, 2 additional surveys of thelypody sites across the species range, and 3 creation of a stakeholder group through the seed increase program, plants can be grown in ideal conditions, enabling maximum seed production and collection that can be used for future population expansion or introduction projects mcfarlanes four oclock mirabilis macfarlanei is a federally threatened long lived perennial plant IT is the only member of its plant family that occurs in its range, in river canyon grasslands between NW oregon and neighboring idaho in 2022, ODA will conduct a conservation status assessment which will include gathering updated population census and threat information from each site current information gathered during the conservation status assessment will be used to inform site specific habitat management plans that ODA will write for a series of top priority mcfarlanes four oclock populations the development of hmps is not only a criterion for administrative recovery but is critical for guiding the ongoing protection and management of mcfarlanes four oclock populations cooks lomatium lomatium cookii is a federally endangered plant associated with rare vernal pool habitats in southwest oregon in 2021, ODA completed a conservation status assessment for cooks lomatium that included a population census and threat evaluation at sites across the species range the report collated data from many agencies and institutions to present a comprehensive view of the species status additional occurrences have not been surveyed in 10 20 years, with some reporting thousands of cooks lomatium plants in their most recent survey, and many with a few hundred or less we will help boost recovery of this species by 1 surveying the cooks lomatium at those sites not evaluated in 2021, 2 identification of priority sites for future recovery action, and 3 contributing toward the development of a seed increase program to generate a large volume of seed off site by collecting seed from natural populations, ODA can provide the initial source seed required for such a large scale seed production that can be used to increase population numbers at priority sites the threatened golden paintbrush castilleja levisecta is a short lived perennial endemic to the pacific northwest from british columbia to the willamette valley, oregon as of 2019, there are nearly 30 populations of golden paintbrush in oregon in 2021, golden paintbrush was proposed for delisting a requirement for delisting golden paintbrush is to have at least 20 protected stable averaging 1,000 flowering individuals over a 5 year period populations distributed across the historic range of the species the delisting plan proposed monitoring flowering individuals in all populations the oregon department of agriculture native plant conservation program ODA will partner with a local specialists to monitor golden paintbrush populations according to the established population census method ODA staff will participate in survey efforts, seed collection, and summarization of monitoring data to help determine population trends, current threats, and to inform a determination of species status