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Washoe suncup
Camissonia pusilla
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G3G4
State (S-rank): S1
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on April 29, 2024.
Geocat observations: 3 Extent of Occurrence: 1,094.261 km2
Historic occurrences older than 40 years not used in ranking.
Habitat: Sandy soils on open or brushy slopes, usually with sagebrush scrub.
Elevation: 100–3000 m. (Flora of North Amercia, accessed June 2024).
Mixed desert shrub, sagebrush, rabbitbrush, pinyon-juniper, and mountain brush communities at ca 1220 to 2000 m in Beaver, Iron, Piute, and Washington Counties, Utah; Washington and Idaho, south to California and Nevada (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
Threats left unknown because no formal surveys have been conducted and there are 4 occurrences from 4 counties that are historical or nearly so.
There are 3 recorded occurrences of Camissonia pusilla in Utah within the last 40 years. The suspected threats to these occurrences come from habitat degradation due to grazing, solar energy production, and drought. 2 of the occurrences fall in the boundaries of cattle grazing allotments. There is 1 occurrence near an area designated for potential solar energy production, and 1 is near an area that could be developed for energy transmission. Drought and climate change is also a threat and likely impacting this species through out it's range (Wrobleski, 2023). Threats compiled using observations and notes from Utah Rare Plant Database and Utah Geospatial Resource Center GIS Data downloaded in 2023.
