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Sources: ESRI, NOAA, USGS; Sources: ESRI, NOAA, USGS
Sunnyside green-gentian
Frasera gypsicola
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S1
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on Nov 13th, 2019. Geocat using 56 observations Extent of occurrence 4.155 km2
Seasonally moist playa, in valley bottom w. of Eskdale, with juncus, sand dropseed, Ivesia kingii and Thelypodium integrifolium, at ca 1535 m in w. Millard Co.; Nev.; a Nevada Great Basin endemic (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
This species is threatened by off-road-vehicles, irrigation water diversion ditches (past), and agriculture (cattle grazing), development for recreation, proposed MX missile system, and a major north-south highway constructed in 1981. A future threat to this species could be the transfer of water to Las Vegas which would lower water table. Currently, water is diverted for local agricultural wells. Overgrowth of woody and large vegetation is also a potential threat, as it competes with the species for scarce resources. 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. The affect of water pumping and grazing need to be studied.
