Native to Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington; introduced into France, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand South (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 15, 2006

Location

United States, Washington, Grays Harbor (Quinault)

47.466111, -123.846111

Location Remarks

Quinault Rain Forest, trails in the coniferous forest southeast of Lake Quinault Lodge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 25, 2006

Location

United States, California, Mendocino (Little River)

39.273056, -123.743333

Location Remarks

Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Gaultheria

Specific Epithet

shallon

Authorship

Pursh

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#211,500 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →