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Alpine shooting-star
Primula tetrandra
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G3G4
State (S-rank): S2
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on February, 14th 2025.
Geocat 26 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 60,073.973 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.
Alpine meadows in lodgepole pine, spruce-fir and tundra communities at 2195 to 3510 m in Beaver, Duchesne, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Salt Lake, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Washington counties, Utah; Oregon, Nevada, and California (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
The main threats are from habitat degradation due to grazing, fire, 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.
Many occurrences are within grazing allotments. Many occurrences are in mountain goat habitat. Drought and climate change is also a threat and likely impacting this species through out it's range (Wrobleski, 2023). Fire has impacted some occurrences and this risk is likely increasing due to beetle kill.
