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Polemonium brandegeei

(Gray) Greene

Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder

G4Apparently Secure Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146724

Element CodePDPLM0E020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderSolanales

FamilyPolemoniaceae

GenusPolemonium

Synonyms

Polemonium brandegei(Gray) Greene

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

Often spelled 'brandegei' but the spelling 'brandegeei' used by Kartesz in 1998 to conform to International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

Conservation Status

Review Date1994-05-19

Change Date1994-06-27

Edition Date1993-06-29

Edition AuthorsStoner, N.

Rank Reasons

G4 rank recommended by Walt Fertig of Wyoming Heritage Program (5/94).

Range Extent Comments

UT (Tushar Mts, Piute county), CO, WY, SD (Black Hills), NV, and NM.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Cliffs, crevices at the middle and upper elevations in mts. sonemtimes occurring above the timberline.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Colorado	S3	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
Nebraska	SNR	Yes
Utah	SH	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (8)

Colorado (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bristol Head	Rio Grande NF	46,087
Comanche Peak Adjacent Area	Arapaho & Roosevelt NFs	44,158
Pole Mountain / Finger Mesa	Rio Grande NF	43,863

Wyoming (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Buffalo Peak	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest	17,560
Cloud Peak Contiguous	Bighorn National Forest	113,757
Labonte Canyon	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest	16,281
Laramie Peak	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest	28,608
Leigh Creek	Bighorn National Forest	19,180

References (4)

Cronquist, A., A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1984. Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 4, Subclass Asteridae (except Asteraceae). New York Botanical Garden, Bronx. 573 pp.
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.
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.
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.