Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan for Clay Phacelia (Phacelia Argillacea)

The Draft Amendment to the Recovery Plan is being completed to fulfill the Agency Priority Performance Goals (APGs). This goal requires that 100% of all Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recovery plans will have quantitative criteria for what constitutes a recovered species by September 30, 2019.

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A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
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Clay phacelia has blue to violet flowers and stands 4-14 inches (1-3.6 decimeters (dm)) tall. Germination occurs in late summer and early autumn, and basal rosettes form in October. Clay phacelia was formerly considered a winter annual but new data supports the idea that Clay phacelia is instead...
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