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Caespitose cat's-eye
Oreocarya caespitosa
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G4
State (S-rank): S2
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on July 18, 2024.
Geocat 15 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 4,005.988 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.
Forb-grass, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, mountain brush, limber pine, and spruce-fir forests, and on wind-swept ridges, at 1950 to 3120 m in Daggett and Rich cos.; s. Wyo. (Welsh et al 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
The main threats are from habitat degradation due to grazing, and road maintenance.
Threats compiled using observations and notes from Utah Rare Plant Database and Utah Geospatial Resource Center GIS Data downloaded in 2024. Severity of impacts are not well known so ranges are provided where appropriate.
About half of all known occurrences in Utah are within grazing allotments. Drought and climate change is also a threat and likely impacting this species through out it's range (Wrobleski, 2023). About half of all known occurrences in Utah are near roads.
