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Draba californica

(Jepson) Rollins & Price

White Mountain Draba

G3Vulnerable Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144647

Element CodePDBRA11380

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusDraba

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.

Conservation Status

Review Date2009-01-24

Change Date1997-03-15

Edition Date1999-05-27

Edition AuthorsGries, D., rev. A. Tomaino (2009)

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

Number of Occurrences21 - 80

Rank Reasons

Draba californica is known from Inyo and Mono Counties, California, and Esmeralda County, Nevada. In Nevada, there is one extant occurrence in Esmeralda County. This occurrence is in a designated Wilderness Area and there are no threats to this occurrence. The species can be locally common and is threatened by grazing and road construction.

Range Extent Comments

Known from Inyo and Mono Counties, California, and Esmeralda County, Nevada (Skinner 1997 and Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).

Occurrences Comments

In Nevada, there is one extant occurrence recorded (Nevada Natural Heritage Program 1999). In California, it has a limited distribution (CNPS 2009).

Threat Impact Comments

Threatened by grazing and road construction (Skinner 1997). There are no threats to the Nevada occurrence (Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows in alpine boulder and rock fields and meadows (Skinner 1997).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Nevada	S1	Yes
California	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boundary Peak (CA)	Inyo National Forest	210,884

Nevada (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boundary Peak (NV)	Inyo National Forest	21,851

References (9)

California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2009. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. Online. Available: http://www.cnps.org/inventory (accessed 2009).
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Holmgren, N.H., P.K. Holmgren, and A. Cronquist. 2005. Intermountain flora. Volume 2, part B. Subclass Dilleniidae. The New York Botanical Garden Press. 488 pages.
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.
Morefield, J.D., editor. 2001. Nevada rare plant atlas [with rare plant fact sheets]. Available as a pdf file at: http://heritage.nv.gov/atlas/atlas.html. Compiled by the Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Carson City, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno, Nevada.
Morefield, Jim. Personal Communication. Botanist, Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Carson City, Nevada.
Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 1999. February 19-last update. List of sensitive plants. Online. Available: http://www.state.nv.us/nvnhp/sensplnt.htm. Accessed 1999, June 3.
Rollins, R.C. 1993a. The Cruciferae of continental North America: Systematics of the mustard family from the Arctic to Panama. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 976 pp.
Skinner, M.W., and B.M. Pavlik, eds. 1997 (1994). Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 1997 Electronic Inventory Update of 1994 5th edition, California Native Plant Society, Special Publication No. 1, Sacramento.