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Link Trail Columbine (Aquilegia rubicunda)

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Photo by zachcoury; mattlavin
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA; Zach Coury; Matt Lavin

Link Trail Columbine
Link Trail Columbine (Aquilegia rubicunda)

Photo by zachcoury; mattlavin
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA; Zach Coury; Matt Lavin

Aquilegia rubicunda

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G5T2
State (S-rank): S2

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Phenology

Flowering in June and July. 

Species range

A southern plateaus endemic, found in Emery and Sevier Counties, Utah.

Threats or limiting factors

Minimal threats as habitat is cliff edge seeps. At least one occurrence is threatened by coal mining; a mining company is seeking a permit for actions that would disturb at least one site known to harbor plants (Co-Op Mining Company 2007). Threats to the other occurrences, if any, are unknown.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.

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