Physaria newberryi

Gray

Newberry's Twinpod

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149846
Element CodePDBRA220B0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusPhysaria
Other Common Names
Newberry's twinpod (EN)
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
Flora North America vol. 7 (2010) lumps Physaria newberryi var. racemosa into the typical variety and elevates it to a subspecies. Flora North America vol. 7 (2010) also recognizes P. newberryi ssp. yesicola, discovered in 1999, which make up a very few populations at the southwestern most portion of the range of the species.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-06-29
Change Date1993-06-29
Edition Date1993-06-29
Edition AuthorsStoner, N., rev J. Beckman (3/96)
Rank Reasons
Found in desert shrub and various other pine communities at 885-2350 meters throughout south and southeast Nevada; also ranging across the Colorado Plateau. Abundance not known.
Range Extent Comments
Known throughout south and southeast Nevada (Kartesz 1988); and northwest New Mexico, also Colorado (Martin and Hutchins 1980). Utah (Garfield, Grand, Kane, San Juan, and Washington Counties) (Welsh et al. 1993). Arizona (Apache, Navajo, Coconino Counties) (Kearney and Peebles 1951).
Occurrences Comments
13 sites in southern Utah (Albee et al. 1988).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Warm desert shrub, galleta-shadscale, other salt desert shrub, pinyon-juniper, and ponderosa pine communities at 885-2350 m. Dry ground.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
UtahSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
ColoradoS1Yes
ArizonaS2Yes
NevadaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
Casto BluffDixie National Forest87,466
References (7)
  1. Albee, B.J., L.M. Shultz, and S. Goodrich. 1988. Atlas of the vascular plants of Utah. Utah Museum Natural History Occasional Publication 7, Salt Lake City, Utah. 670 pp.
  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. Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 1980, Vol. 1; 1981, Vol. 2. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.
  7. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins (eds.) 1993. A Utah flora. 2nd edition. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah. 986 pp.