Taxonomy | |||||
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Scientific Name: | Frasera gypsicola | ||||
Common name: | Sunnyside green gentian |
Rank and Status | |||
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Global Rank: | G2 | Native Status: | Native |
Subnational (State) Rank: | S2 | Endemic: | No |
US ESA Status: | None | Sand Dunes: | No |
NNHP Tracking Status: | At-Risk List | Wetland: | No |
Other Agency Status | Status | Last Updated | Status Comments |
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Bureau of Land Management - Nevada | Sensitive | BLM Nevada Sensitive Species List dated 2017-10-01 | |
State of Nevada Protected | Critically endangered | ||
Nevada Native Plant Society | Watch | ||
CCVI Score | Highly Vulnerable |
Distribution (NV Counties) |
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Nye |
White Pine |
Summary Occurrence Data | |
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Occurrence Count: | 10 |
Total Observed Area (hectares): | 321 |
Maximum Known Elevation (m): | 1679 |
Minimum Known Elevation (m): | 1579 |
Links |
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Frasera gypsicola data at NatureServe |
Frasera gypsicola photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life |
Character Abstract | |
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Phenology Comments: | |
Reproduction Comments: | Known pollinators: Ammophila (wasp), Chyrsis or Ceratochrysis (cuckoo wasp), Tripeolus (cuckoo bee) photographed at White River Valley Swamp Cedars population (EO 3, SF 4823) on 07/11/2011. Plebejus melissa photographed at same location on 08/10/2010. |
Habitat Comments: | Open, dry, whitish, alkaline, often salt-crusted and spongy silty-clay soils on calcareous flats and barrens, with little if any gypsum content, in cushion-plant associations surrounded by sagebrush, greasewood, and occasionally barberry and swamp cedar (Juniperus scopulorum) vegetation, with Artemisia pygmaea, A. tridentata, Eriogonum shockleyi, Physaria chambersii, Cryptantha welshii, Hymenopappus filifolius, Phlox tumulosa, Lepidium nanum, etc. |
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Inventory Comments: | Surveys are substantially complete in Nevada. |
Inventory Needs: | |
Version Date: | 02/02/1999 - 12:00am |
Frasera gypsicola and Frasera albomarginata in habitat.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 7/27/2010 |
Frasera gypsicola swamp cedars habitat.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 8/10/2010 |
Frasera gypsicola plant with heavy browsing.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 8/10/2010 |
Frasera gypsicola flower close up with cuckoo wasp.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 7/12/2011 |
Frasera gypsicola plant.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 7/12/2011 |
Frasera gypsicola leaves.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 7/12/2011 |
Frasera gypsicola flowers.
Photographer: Janel Johnson, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
Photo Date: 7/12/2011 |
whole plant
Photographer: Frank Smith, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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close-up of flowers
Photographer: Frank Smith, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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habitat near Sunnyside
Photographer: Frank Smith, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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habitat in swamp cedar vegetation
Photographer: Frank Smith, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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habitat with barberry vegetation
Photographer: Frank Smith, for Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Peggy Duke
Photo Date: 1980 |