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Photo by Mindy Wheeler; Larry England
Photo Courtesy of United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA
Graham's beardtongue
Penstemon grahamii
Other common names: Graham's penstemon
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G2G3
State (S-rank): S2S3
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on January 27th, 2020. Geocat using 6093 observations: extent of occurrence is 2,565.029 km2.
Threats or limiting factors
The primary threat at this time is considered to be oil and gas development. Occurs on substrates designated as a priority for oil shale and tar sand development. Plants occur on private land and BLM with no special protection status. The plants occur within an area of developed and expanding oil and gas fields with several wells and access roads; additional potential threats include off-road vehicle use and grazing.It is unknown at this time how climate change and increase average temp and drought will impact this species.
