Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Plant Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis (Howell's spectacular thelypody)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determine threatened status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis (Howell's spectacular thelypody). Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis is known from 11 sites in Baker and Union counties, Oregon. This taxon is threatened by a variety of factors including habitat destruction and fragmentation from agricultural and urban development, grazing by domestic livestock, competition from non-native vegetation, and alterations of wetland hydrology. This rule implements the Federal protection and recovery provisions afforded by the Act for the plant.