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Stiff blue-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium demissum
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G5
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 48 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 131,052.118 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.
Seeps, springs, wet meadows, and stream banks, often where saline, at 850 to 2380 m in Beaver, Carbon, Duchesne, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Washington, and Wayne counties, Utah; Nevada, Arizona, New. Mexico, and Texas; Mexico (Welsh et al 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
The main threats are from habitat degradation due to grazing, invasive species, and drought. Most occurrences are on private land or within grazing allotments. Invasive species are a problem in wetland habitats throughout the state. Drought and climate change is also a threat and likely impacting this species through out it's range (Wrobleski, 2023). 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.
