December 2012 Number 1 - Utah Native Plant Society
December 2012 Number 1 - Utah Native Plant Society
December 2012 Number 1 - Utah Native Plant Society
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Pot Score<br />
Min Score<br />
Trend<br />
Threat<br />
Intrin Rar<br />
Hab Spec<br />
# Indiv<br />
# Pops<br />
Range<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> <strong>Native</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Appendix 2. UNPS Rare <strong>Plant</strong> List: High Priority Species<br />
The following table lists 119 species scored as High Priority for conservation attention in <strong>Utah</strong> based on the Wyoming<br />
protocol ranking system. Species are listed alphabetically by family and scientific name, with synonyms in parentheses.<br />
See text for an explanation of the seven ranking criteria and scoring methods used to derive the minimum<br />
and potential scores. County codes are explained in Table 3. Legal Status: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and<br />
US Forest Service (USFS) Sensitive = S; US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Candidate = C, Endangered = E,<br />
Proposed = P; Threatened = T.<br />
Family Species Common Name<br />
County Dist.<br />
& Legal Status<br />
Apiaceae<br />
(Umbelliferae)<br />
Cymopterus coulteri<br />
Two-leaf springparsley<br />
2 1 U 1 0 1 U 5 7 Jub, Snp, Sev,<br />
Toe<br />
Cymopterus higginsii<br />
Higgins’ springparsley<br />
2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 6 Kan<br />
Lomatium latilobum<br />
Canyonlands<br />
lomatium<br />
2 1 1 1 0 1 U 6 7 Grn, Snj; BLM:<br />
S; USFS: S<br />
Lomatium scabrum var.<br />
tripinnatum<br />
Virgin lomatium 2 1 U 1 0 1 U 5 7 Wsh<br />
Apocynaceae<br />
Cycladenia humilis var.<br />
jonesii<br />
(C. jonesii)<br />
Jones’ cycladenia 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 6 Emr, Grf, Grn,<br />
Kan; USFWS:T<br />
Asclepiadaceae Asclepias welshii Welsh’s milkweed 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 6 Kan; USFWS:T<br />
Asteraceae<br />
(Compositae)<br />
Ambrosia x sandersonii<br />
(Hymenoclea s.)<br />
Chrysothamnus nauseosus<br />
var. glareosus<br />
(Ericameria nauseosa<br />
var. glareosa)<br />
Cirsium virginense<br />
(included in C. mohavense<br />
in FNA)<br />
Enceliopsis nudicaulis<br />
var. bairdii<br />
Sanderson’s bursage<br />
Marysvale rabbitbrush<br />
2 1 1 0 1 1 U 6 7 Wsh<br />
2 1 1 1 0 U 1 6 7 Piu<br />
Virgin thistle 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 6 Wsh; BLM: S<br />
Baird’s nakedstem 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 7 Wsh<br />
Erigeron higginsii<br />
(included in E. canaani<br />
in FNA)<br />
Higgins’ daisy 2 1 1 1 0 1 U 6 7 Wsh<br />
Erigeron kachinensis Kachina daisy 2 1 1 1 0 1 U 6 7 Snj; BLM: S;<br />
USFS: S; originally<br />
on Watch<br />
list<br />
Erigeon vagus var.<br />
madsenii<br />
Madsen’s daisy 2 1 1 1 1 0 U 6 7 Grf, Irn, Kan<br />
Haplopappus armerioides<br />
var. gramineus<br />
(Stenotus a. var. g.)<br />
Grass goldenweed 2 1 U 1 0 1 U 5 7 Dch, Uit<br />
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