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Ambrosia tomentosa

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Skeleton-leaf Bursage

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142599
Element CodePDAST0C0P0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusAmbrosia
Other Common Names
skeletonleaf bur ragweed (EN) Skeletonleaf Bur-ragweed (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.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-06-23
Change Date1993-06-23
Edition Date1993-06-23
Edition AuthorsStoner, N., rev. G. Davis (2026)
Rank Reasons
Infrequent and scattered but widespread.
Range Extent Comments
Central and western central U.S., from Idaho east to Wisconsin, south to Arizona and Texas (Strother in FNA 2006, vol. 21).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Meadows and stream banks at 1155 to 1535 meters. Dry sands, plains, hills, disturbed ground.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoS3Yes
KansasSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
WyomingS4Yes
IowaSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
IllinoisSNANo
North DakotaSNRYes
Navajo NationSNRYes
UtahS2Yes
South DakotaS4Yes
MontanaSUYes
NebraskaS4Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Guaje CanyonSanta Fe National Forest6,104
RendijaSanta Fe National Forest2,176
References (5)
  1. 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.
  2. Great Plains Flora Association (R.L. McGregor, coordinator; T.M. Barkley, ed., R.E. Brooks and E.K. Schofield, associate eds.). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1392 pp.
  3. 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.
  4. The Great Plains Flora Association. 1977. Atlas of the flora of the Great Plains. Iowa State Univ. Press. 600 pp.
  5. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, L.C. Higgins, and S. Goodrich, eds. 1987. A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir 9: 1- 894. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 894 pp.