Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for the Plant Lessingia Germanorum (San Francisco Lessingia) From California

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) for Lessingia germanorum (San Francisco lessingia), a plant from the San Francisco peninsula of California. L. germanorum occurs in central dune scrub habitats. It is known from five sites on the Presidio in San Francisco County, and one site on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County, California. This taxon has been affected by and is endangered by competition from invasive alien plants, shading by alien and native plants, urban development, bulldozing, sand quarrying, fertilizer-contaminated run-off, habitat damage and trampling by pedestrians, bicycles, and off-road vehicles, and other human activities. Because of its small population size and extremely restricted distribution, L. germanorum is also subject to an increased risk of extinction from natural events. This rule implements Federal protection and provisions provided by the Act. A notice of withdrawal of the proposal to list Arctostaphylos imbricata (San Bruno Mountain manzanita), which was proposed for listing along with L. germanorum, is published concurrently with this notice.