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Micranthes nidifica

(Greene) Small

Swamp Saxifrage

G5Secure Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134738

Element CodePDSAX0U132

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilySaxifragaceae

GenusMicranthes

Synonyms

Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica

Other Common Names

Saxifrage en nid (FR) Wax Currant (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.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 8, 2009) elevates Saxifraga nidifica var. clatoniifolia to full species as Micranthes fragosa, therefore according to FNA S. nidifica var. nidifica is equivalent to S. nidifica (= Micranthes nidifica).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2019-10-17

Change Date2019-10-17

Edition Date2004-05-06

Edition AuthorsFellows, M.

Rank Reasons

Locally frequent east of the Cascades. Found in open areas, dry to wet, slopes, steppes or meadows, 500 - 3000 m.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S2	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Nevada	S3	Yes
Utah	S2	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (9)

California (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dome	Stanislaus National Forest	11,085
Eagle	Stanislaus National Forest	16,116
Hall Natural Area	Inyo National Forest	5,236
Hoover - North	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	1,574
Middle Yuba	Tahoe National Forest	7,379
Night	Stanislaus National Forest	3,173

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
East Pioneer	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	145,082

Nevada (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Ruby - Lamoille Cyn	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	32,771

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wenatchee Creek	Umatilla National Forest	15,315

References (8)

Baldwin, B.G., S. Boyd, B.J. Ertter, D.J. Keil, R.W. Patterson, T.J. Rosatti and D.H. Wilken. 2004. Jepson Flora Project, Jepson Online Interchange for California Floristics. Regents of the University of California, Berkeley. Online. Available: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepson_flora_project.html (Accessed 2004).
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, editors. 2000. The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. Volume 5. Dicotyledons (Salicaceae through Zygophyllaceae) and Pteridophytes. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 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.
Kartesz, J.T. 2003. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Draft April 2003 (including county distribution). North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Stubbs, R.L., D.E. Soltis, and N. Cellinese. 2018. The future of cold- adapted plants in changing climates: Micranthes (Saxifragaceae) as a case study. Ecology and Evolution 8:7164-7177.
Stubbs, R.L., R.A. Folk, D.E. Soltis, and N. Cellinese. 2020. Diversification in the Arctic: Biogeography and Systematics of the North American Micranthes (Saxifragaceae). Systematic Botany 45(4): 802-811.