Species: Ceanothus prostratus
Mahala-mat Ceanothus
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Rhamnales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Ceanothus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Prostrate Ceanothus - Squawcarpet - prostrate ceanothus
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Buckthorn Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Rhamnales - Rhamnaceae - Ceanothus - As treated here (following Kartesz, 1999), Ceanothus prostratus excludes Ceanothus confusus and C. pumilus, sometimes (e.g., Kartesz, 1994) treated as subspecies of C. prostratus. LEM 9Feb01.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5?
Global Status Last Reviewed
2001-02-09
Global Status Last Changed
2001-02-09
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in Washington, to the Sierra Nevada in California and western Nevada, and disjunct to western Idaho (Adams County) (Idaho Native Plant Society, 1992). In California, occurs in the Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, high Cascade Range, northern and central high Sierra Nevada, and Modoc Plateau (Hickman, 1993). In Nevada, from the Sierra Nevada Range, from Galena Creek, Franktown, Fishlake and the east side of Peavine Mountain to areas around Lake Tahoe of both Washoe and Carson City Counties; and extending to Spooner Lake, Douglas County (Kartesz, 1988).