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Uinta mountains draba
Draba inexpectata
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G1G2
State (S-rank): S1
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on March 2nd 2023.
Geocat 3 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 29.749 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.
Subalpine fir, krummholz, and felfields at 3170 to 3230 m in the Uinta Mts., Summit Co.; a Uinta Mts. endemic (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
Threats to this taxon include grazing related impacts from naturalized mountain goats (Fertig 2016). Climate change is also a threat, droughts and rapid snowmelt due to wind-blown sediments are melting snowpack earlier than normal in our region (Alexander 2015).The Utah Division of Water Resources reports that Utah is now in "extreme" or "exceptional" drought which is likely impacting this species in similar ways as it is other perennial forbs in Utah.
