Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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STATE OF NEVADA LIST OF FULLY PROTECTED PLANT SPECIES
 (Current as of 05 March 2008; last changes 10 March 2005)

As of the date above, the 24 plant taxa listed below have been declared by the State Forester Firewarden to be threatened with extinction pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (N.R.S.) 527.260-.300, and are on the state list of fully protected species of native flora (N.A.C. 527.010), also known as the Critically Endangered Species List). For each of these species, no member of its kind may be removed or destroyed at any time by any means except under special permit issued by the state forester firewarden (N.R.S. 527.270). Requests for permits should be directed to the State Forester Firewarden, Nevada Division of Forestry.

State law provides that a species or subspecies of native flora shall be regarded as threatened with extinction when the state forester firewarden, after consultation with competent authorities, determines that its existence is endangered and its survival requires assistance because of overexploitation, disease or other factors or because its habitat is threatened with destruction, drastic modification or severe curtailment (N.R.S. 527.270). The law also authorizes a program for the conservation, protection, restoration, and propagation of selected species of flora and for the perpetuation of the habitats of such species (N.R.S. 527.260, .300).

Formerly listed taxa are maintained in the second table below. Further information is available on-line for all of these plants in our Detailed Rare Plant and Lichen List, and for some taxa in other lists or reports, or as maps or images. The Nevada Rare Plant Atlas provides more comprehensive information, including habitat, life-history, description, threats, survey status, literature sources, and known locations, for many plant taxa. General information is available for nearly all taxa on the NatureServe Explorer web site. Click on a column heading for an explanation of that column. Changes since 9 October 1998 are shown in the same color as this sentence.

Scientific name (year first added*)

Common name

Usfws

Blm

Usfs

Grank

Srank

End

Eors ext

Eors extir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arctomecon californica (1979)

Las Vegas bearpoppy

xC2

S

 

G3

S3

 

54

15

Astragalus geyeri var. triquetrus (1979)

threecorner milkvetch

xC2

S

 

G4T2T3

S2S3

 

45

1

Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis (1979)

Sodaville milkvetch

RA

S

 

G5T1

S1

 

2

0

Astragalus phoenix (1979)

Ash Meadows milkvetch

LT

S

 

G2

S2

Y

13

0

Astragalus yoder-williamsii (1982)

Osgood Mountains milkvetch

xC2

S

S

G3

S1

 

2

0

Castilleja salsuginosa (1979)

Monte Neva paintbrush

xC1

S

 

G1Q

S1

Y

2

0

Centaurium namophilum (1982)

spring-loving centaury

LT

S

 

G2Q

S2

P

22

0

Cryptantha insolita (1979)

Las Vegas catseye

xC2*

S

 

GHQ

SH

Y

1

1

Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata (1987)

Ash Meadows sunray

LT

S

 

G5T2

S2

P

17

0

Eriogonum argophyllum (1979)

Sulphur Springs buckwheat

RA

S

 

G1

S1

Y

1

0
Eriogonum diatomaceum (2005)New item! Churchill Narrows buckwheat C S   G1 S1 Y 12 0

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae (1982)

Steamboat buckwheat

LE

S

 

G5T1

S1

Y

1

0

Eriogonum viscidulum (1979)

sticky buckwheat

xC2

S

 

G2

S2

 

37

0

Frasera gypsicola (1979-1987, 1992)

Sunnyside green gentian

xC2

S

 

G1

S1

 

10

0

Grindelia fraxinopratensis (1982)

Ash Meadows gumplant

LT

S

 

G2

S2

 

18

0

Ivesia kingii var. eremica (1987)

Ash Meadows mousetails

LT

S

 

G3T1T2Q

S1S2

Y

9

0
Ivesia webberi (2003)New item! Webber ivesia C S,C S,C G2 S1   8 0

Mentzelia leucophylla (1979)

Ash Meadows blazingstar

LT

S

 

G1Q

S1

Y

8

0

Nitrophila mohavensis (1986)

Amargosa niterwort

LE

S

 

G1

S1

 

3

0

Opuntia whipplei var. multigeniculata (1992)

Blue Diamond cholla

RI

S

 

G4?T1Q

S2

 

10

0

Phacelia inconspicua (1979)

obscure scorpionflower

xC2

S

S

G2

S1

 

4

0

Polyctenium williamsiae (1987)

Williams combleaf

 

S,C

I

G2Q

S2

 

26

0

Rorippa subumbellata (1983)

Tahoe yellowcress

C

S

S,L

G1

S1

 

19

0

Spiranthes diluvialis (1992)

Ute lady's tresses

LT

S

T

G2

S1

 

1

0

Last Updated on 03/10/2005

Formerly Listed Species:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Year(s) Listed*

Year(s) Removed*

Arenaria stenomeres

Meadow Valley sandwort

1979

1983

Astragalus beatleyaeNew item!

Beatley milkvetch

1979

2001

Astragalus mohavensis var. hemigyrusNew item!

halfring milkvetch

 1992 2005

Astragalus nyensis

Nye milkvetch

1979

1982

Eriogonum lemmonii

Lemmon buckwheat

1979

1982

Lathyrus hitchcockianus

Bullfrog Hills sweetpea

1979

1983

Penstemon thurberi var. anestius

Thurber beardtongue

1979

1982

Primula capillarisNew item!

Ruby Mountains primrose

1979

2001

*Known change dates: 14 February 1979; 17 September 1982; 26 August 1983; 22 January 1986; 2 November 1987; 18 December 1992; 1 November 2001; 4 December 2003; 10 March 2005.

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