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Sterile Spanish Bayonet
Yucca sterilis
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G4G5T2
State (S-rank): S2
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Species range
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on April 5th 2023. <br/>Geocat 116 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 4,738.139 km2.<br/>Historic observations over 40 years old were not used.<br/>Salt desert shrub, juniper, sagebrush, and shadscale communities at ca 1460 to 1770 m, in Duchesne and Uintah Co.; a Uinta Basin ‘ endemic (Welsh et al. 2015).
Threats or limiting factors
May be threatened by over-collection by gardeners, poor fecundity, and impacts from development in the basin (Fertig 2016). Drought may also be impacting this species throughout it's range.The Utah Division of Water Resources reports that Utah is now in "extreme" or "exceptional" drought which is likely impacting this species in similar ways as it is other perennial forbs in Utah.
