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Physaria floribunda

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Colorado Twinpod

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140325
Element CodePDBRA22080
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusPhysaria
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 Date2000-01-03
Change Date2000-01-03
Edition Date2000-11-14
Edition AuthorsStoner, N., rev. J. Beckman (3/96); rev. M. Martinez (11/00).
Rank Reasons
Ranging from northeast Utah and western Colorado, south to Taos County, New Mexico in desert shublands and pinyon-juniper communities. May be linked to clay and shale soils. Ocassional in Colorady and rare in Utah, but Utah report might be excluded if specimens are found to belong to Physaria grahami instead.
Range Extent Comments
Found in Utah (Duchesne, Utah and Uintah counties) (Welsh et al. 1993), but taxonomic studies underway might prove that Utah specimes all belong to Physaria grahami. In Colorado it is found in the Gunnison and Colorado River Basins; localized in Middle Park (Weber 1987). And at 5000 to 8000 feet in Taos County, New Mexico (Martin and Hutchins 1980).
Occurrences Comments
Occasional in western Colorado (Goodrich and Neese 1986). There are 40 Colorado specimens at the CU Herbarium (4/99).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (3)
Colorado (3)
AreaForestAcres
Dome PeakRoutt NF35,716
Pole Mountain / Finger MesaRio Grande NF43,863
Troublesome SouthRoutt NF47,359
References (9)
  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. Goodrich, S., and E. Neese. 1986. Uinta Basin flora. U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, Utah. 320 pp.
  4. Harrington, H.D. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado. Sage Press, Chicago. 666 pp.
  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. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  7. 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.
  8. Weber, W.A. 1987. Colorado flora: Western slope. Colorado Associated University Press. Boulder. 530 pp.
  9. 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.