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Rollins cryptanth
Oreocarya rollinsii
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G3
State (S-rank): S3
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on July 18, 2024.
Geocat 40 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 17,107.109 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.
Salt and mixed desert shrub, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and mountain brush communities at 1650 to 2250 m in Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Uintah, and Wayne cos., essentially a Uinta Basin-Navajo Basin endemic; Wyo. and Colo. (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
The main threats are from habitat degradation due to grazing, energy and mineral extraction (oil and gas as well as solar), recreation, drought, 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.
Almost all occurrences are within grazing allotments. Occurrences near roads may be impacted by maintenance. Drought and climate change is also a threat and likely impacting this species through out it's range (Wrobleski, 2023). Recreational use of habitat, such as foot traffic, dispersed camping and OHV related activities, may pose a threat to some populations throughout its range. As the human population grows in areas within easy access to habitat and as recreational use increases, the impacts may become substantially more significant. Solar development may impacts occurrences in the future many occurrences are within UREZ solar development zones. Oil and gas development and road maintenance is impacting some occurrences.
