Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Comandraceae
Genus
Geocaulon
Specific Epithet
lividum
Authorship
(Richardson) Fernald
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 22.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#37,299 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
United States, Washington, Pend Oreille
48.727694, -117.550389
Location Remarks
Near east shore of Big Meadow Lake. Elev. 1050 m.
Collectors
Notes
In shaded forest understory, gentle west slope; with Larix occidentalis, Abies grandis, Rosa gymnocarpa, Vaccinium scoparium, Linnaea, Achillea, Lycopodium annotinum, Chinmaphila umbellata. Fruit orange, globose, 8-10 millimeter diameter, 1-seeded.