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Photo by mreala; dee_gobbs; dee_gobbs; Walter Fertig
Matt Reala; Darrin Gobble; Darrin Gobble; Walter Fertig
Clausen's violet
Viola clauseniana
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G1
State (S-rank): S1
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on Jan 23rd 2023.
Geocat 6 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 51.596 km2.
Historic observations over 40 years old were used because of limited availability of National Park data. Only 1 occurrence is not historic.
Mesic spring communities, associated with hanging gardens, growing with maidenhair fern, cardinal monkey-flower, and columbine, at 1372 to 2196 m in the North Fork and Kolob sections of Zion National Park, Washington Co. Clausen’s violet is locally common in alcoves and grottos along the bottom of Zion and Kolob canyons, where it grows in moist shaded habitats (Welsh et al 2015).
