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Hymenopappus mexicanus

Gray

Mexican Woolly-white

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154597

Element CodePDAST51050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusHymenopappus

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 Date1994-01-03

Change Date1994-01-03

Edition Date2001-03-23

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 1/94; rev. B. MacBryde 3/2001.

Rank Reasons

Hymenopappus mexicanus ranges from western Texas to Arizona and Mexico; it can be common in open coniferous forests in Arizona.

Range Extent Comments

Arizona: White Mts. (Apache and Navajo counties), San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff (Coconino Co.), south to mountains of Cochise and Pima counties), New Mexico (two southwestern counties), western Texas, and Mexico.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open coniferous forests, 5000-10000 ft. in AZ and open woods among conifers or aspens, 7000-9000 ft in NM.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

New Mexico (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Elk Mountain	Gila National Forest	6,550
T Bar	Gila National Forest	6,823

References (4)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006c. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 21. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 616 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.