Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
901 South Stewart Street, Suite 5002 • Carson City, Nevada 89701-5245
tel: (775) 684-2900 • fax: (775) 684-2909
INDEX TO AVAILABLE MAPS
Below is a collection of map images produced using our office's GIS (Geographic Information System) technology and data.
Jump To: | General Topics | Vegetation Maps | Plant Distribution Maps | Animal Distribution Maps |
GENERAL TOPICS:
- Nevada's highest priority conservation sites
- October 2000 (see our on-line Scorecard 2000 publication)
- June 1998 (102kB)
- State-wide occurrence records of at-risk and watch-list species
- 6,976 records as of July 2003 (49kB)
- 5,918 records as of January 2001 (57kB)
- 4,884 records as of October 1998 (48kB)
- Areas of Nevada ranked by rare species numbers and density
- number and density of rare taxa by county (23kB)
- number and density of mapped rare taxa by minor ecoregion (26kB)
VEGETATION MAPS
- Potential Sagebrush Restoration poster (1245kB) from the Nevada Sage Grouse Conservation Strategy
- Cheatgrass (Bromus
tectorum) Estimated Percent Cover (December 2003)
poster (14084kB PDF!)
PLANT DISTRIBUTION MAPS:
- Nevada Rare Plant Atlas (includes maps and fact sheets for about 250 taxa, including those below)
- State-wide occurrence records of at-risk and watch-list plants:
- 4,189 records as of July 2003 (47kB)
- 3,916 records as of January 2001 (55kB)
- 3,143 records as of October 1998 (48kB)
- Arctomecon californica
(Las Vegas bearpoppy)
- March 2000 (39kB) and high-resolution (168kB)
- October 1998 (32kB)
- Astragalus beatleyae
(Beatley milkvetch)
- May 2001 (52kB)
- Glossopetalon pungens
varieties (dwarf greasebush)
- October 1998 (31kB)
- Helianthus deserticola
(desert sunflower)
- April 2001 (52kB)
- Penstemon bicolor
varieties (two-tone beardtongue)
- January 2001 (38kB) and high-resolution (170kB)
- October 1998 (32kB)
- Primula capillaris
(Ruby Mountains primrose)
- May 2001 (51kB)
- Rorippa subumbellata
(Tahoe yellowcress)
- January 2001 (21kB) and high-resolution (95kB)
ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION MAPS:
- State-wide occurrence records of at-risk and watch-list animals
- 2,787 records as of July 2003 (47kB)
- 2,002 records as of January 2001 (53kB)
- Bufo nelsoni
(Amargosa toad)
- September 1998 (30kB)
- Oncorhynchus clarki
ssp. henshawi and Rana luteiventris (Lahontan cutthroat trout and Columbia spotted frog)
- October 1998 (64kB)
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