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Brickellia baccharidea

Gray

Resin-leaf Brickell-bush

G3Vulnerable Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

MediumThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140566

Element CodePDAST1H040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusBrickellia

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

A distinct species in a genus of ~100 New World species.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x

Review Date2013-09-30

Change Date2013-09-30

Edition Date2013-04-10

Edition AuthorsBrown, B.A. (1984), rev. Poole/Maybury (1996), L. Morse (2002), rev. S. Schuetze (2013)

Threat ImpactMedium

Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 - 80

Rank Reasons

According to New Mexico Rare Plant Team Committee (in Laurenzi and Spence, 2012), "This species is considered rare in Rare Plants of Texas (Poole et al. 2007). It is found in at least four mountain ranges in southern New Mexico. It is even more common in southeastern Arizona where there are 50+ collections from 14 major and minor mountain ranges. It also occurs in Sonora and Chihuahua."

Range Extent Comments

Southern Arizona (one disjuct locality in northern Arizona), southwestern New Mexico, into Sonora and Chihuahu, Mexico. Rare in Texas.

Occurrences Comments

144 collections in SEINet (several historcal), representing about 80 occurrences, 50 for Arizona, 8 for New Mexico and ca. 20 for Mexico. Number of occurrences in Texas is unknown, but the species is considered rare there. (New Mexico Rare Plant Team Committee, in Laurenzi and Spence, 2012).

Threat Impact Comments

Threatened by development in portions of range (e.g., El Paso are of Texas). Residential development.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Bajada slopes and arroyos in mixed desert shrublands on gravelly soils derived from limestone (and perhaps also from igneous rocks).

Terrestrial Habitats

DesertBare rock/talus/scree

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	S3	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Texas	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Dragoon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	10,543
Whetstone	Coronado National Forest	20,728

References (9)

Benson, L., and R.A. Darrow. 1981. Trees and shrubs of the southwestern deserts. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 411 pp. + plates.
Correll, D.S., and M.C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner. 1881 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 2 vols. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.
Powell, A.M. 1988. Trees and shrubs of Trans-Pecos Texas, including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. Big Bend Natural History Association, Big Bend National Park, Texas. 536 pp.
Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.
Vines, R.A. 1960. Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southwest. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. xii + 1104 pp.
Worthington, R.d. 1989. An annotated checklist of the native and naturalized flora of El Paso County, Texas. El Paso Southwest Botanical Miscellany No. 1. 56 pp.