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Draba subumbellata

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White Mountain Draba

G3Vulnerable Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140008
Element CodePDBRA11370
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 Date2009-02-09
Change Date1997-03-15
Edition Authorsrev. A. Tomaino (2009)
Rank Reasons
Restricted to high elevations in a narrow geographic range. Known from the Boundary Peak area of Nevada and across the California-Nevada border in the White-Inyo range and in the Sierra Nevada.
Range Extent Comments
In Nevada known only from the Boundary Peak area of the White Mountains (Morefield 2001). In California, known from the White Mountains and one population on Coyote Ridge in the Sierra Nevada (Holmgren et al. 2005).
Threat Impact Comments
Habitat may be subject to widely dispersed recreation and feral horses.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Talus/scree slopes, granite rock crevices, and alpine flats and fell-fields above 3000 m elevation.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaS3Yes
NevadaS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
Table Mtn.Inyo National Forest4,215
References (7)
  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.