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Gutierrezia wrightii

Gray

Wright's Snakeweed

G4Apparently Secure (G4?) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150458
Element CodePDAST4B0C0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusGutierrezia
Synonyms
Greenella discoideaGrayXanthocephalum wrightii(Gray) Gray
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 Date2001-03-23
Change Date2001-03-23
Edition Date2001-03-23
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 12/93; rev. B. MacBryde 3/2001.
Rank Reasons
Gutierrezia wrightii occurs in openings in pine-oak forest (at about 1400-2700 meters) in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico (at least in Chihuahua and Sonora).
Range Extent Comments
Arizona: southern Apache and Navajo counties to mountains of Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima counties), New Mexico (8 cos.), and Mexico (at least Chihuahua and Sonora).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Openings in pine and oak forest, 4500-9000 ft.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoS3Yes
ArizonaS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
Black River CanyonApache-Sitgreaves National Forests11,817
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Meadow CreekGila National Forest34,167
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
References (6)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 666 pp.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Martin, P.S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. Jenkins, T.R. Van Devender, and R.K. Wilson. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo plants; The tropical deciduous forest & environs of northwest Mexico. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 558 pp. + map.
  5. 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.
  6. Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.