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Smelowskia americana

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Alpine Smelowskia

G4Apparently Secure (G3G5) Found in 38 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.155001
Element CodePDBRA2D025
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusSmelowskia
Synonyms
Smelowskia calycina var. americana(Regel & Herder) Drury & Rollins
Other Common Names
Smélowskie d'Amérique (FR)
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
According to FNA (2010, vol. 7), "Previous North American authors (e.g., W. H. Drury Jr. and R. C. Rollins 1952; Rollins 1993; N. H. Holmgren 2005b) believed that the central Asian Smelowskia calycina and the North American plants also attributed to it are conspecific. S. I. Warwick et al. (2004b) clearly demonstrated that they are different species. The North American plants, S. americana, are easily distinguished from S. calycina by having readily caducous instead of persistent calyces. As recognized by Rollins (1993), the North American S. calycina represented three distinct taxa (S. americana, S. media, S. porsildii) none of which belongs to that species."
Conservation Status
Review Date2002-08-02
Change Date2002-08-02
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS2Yes
IdahoSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
ColoradoS4Yes
OregonS4Yes
WyomingS4Yes
UtahSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS4Yes
AlbertaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (38)
Colorado (4)
AreaForestAcres
Bristol HeadRio Grande NF46,087
Pole Mountain / Finger MesaRio Grande NF43,863
San MiguelSan Juan NF64,263
Storm PeakSan Juan NF57,617
Idaho (1)
AreaForestAcres
Borah PeakSalmon-Challis National Forest130,463
Montana (11)
AreaForestAcres
Allan Mountain (01946)Bitterroot National Forest104,184
Hyalite - Porcupine - Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study AreaGallatin National Forest143,991
Line Creek PlateauCuster National Forest24,825
Middle Mtn. / Tobacco RootsBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest96,487
Mt. BaldyHelena National Forest16,362
Mt. Gmt Area HCuster National Forest1,335
North Big HoleBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest52,227
Proposed Line Creek PrnaCuster National Forest389
Red Lodge Creek HellroaringCuster National Forest17,210
Storm LakeBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest9,324
Upper East ForkBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest8,905
Nevada (2)
AreaForestAcres
Ruby - Lamoille CynHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest32,771
South SchellHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest125,614
Utah (7)
AreaForestAcres
0419020Ashley National Forest355,684
418040Uinta National Forest1,702
Bullion - DelanoFishlake National Forest14,917
City CreekFishlake National Forest13,939
High Uintas (UT)Wasatch-Cache National Forest102,398
LakesWasatch-Cache National Forest121,967
Tushar MountainFishlake National Forest39,992
Washington (5)
AreaForestAcres
ChelanWenatchee National Forest74,650
Gotchen CreekGifford Pinchot National Forest7,518
Jefferson RidgeOlympic National Forest6,512
Mt. ZionOlympic National Forest3,544
QuilceneOlympic National Forest18,656
Wyoming (8)
AreaForestAcres
Beartooth Proposed WildernessShoshone National Forest16,837
Little Sheep MountainBridger-Teton National Forest14,192
ReefShoshone National Forest16,817
South Beartooth HighwayShoshone National Forest105,570
Sulphur CreekShoshone National Forest30,221
West Slope TetonsTarghee National Forest47,448
West Slope WindsBridger-Teton National Forest143,252
Windy MountainShoshone National Forest31,283
References (2)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.