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Draba grandis

Langsdorff ex de Candolle

North Pacific Whitlow-grass

G4Apparently Secure (G4G5) Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159934

Element CodePDBRA11160

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusDraba

Synonyms

Draba hyperborea(L.) Desv.

Other Common Names

Grande drave (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

Treated as Draba grandis by Flora of North America (2010). "Almost all recent North American authors have used the name Draba hyperborea for this species. A. N. Berkutenko (1995) clearly showed that the type of that name belongs to an entirely different species that she placed in the genus Schivereckia Andrzejowski ex de Candolle. Draba grandis thus becomes the correct name for the North American taxon" (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2010).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-08-13

Change Date1994-04-22

Edition Date1993-06-21

Edition AuthorsStoner, N., rev. L. Kutner (4/94)

Rank Reasons

Rank of G4G5 S4S5 from Alaska Heritage Program (3/94).

Range Extent Comments

Aleutian Islands, possibly parts of E. Asia.

Occurrences Comments

Somewhat common.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry cliffs along beaches.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S4	Yes

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (8)

Alaska (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
Christoval	Tongass National Forest	9,129
Kogish	Tongass National Forest	65,216
Middle Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	14,724
North Baranof	Tongass National Forest	314,089
North Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	33,146
Outer Islands	Tongass National Forest	99,862
Port Alexander	Tongass National Forest	120,681
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193

References (3)

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.
Hulten, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. Stanford Univ. Press, Palo Alto, CA. 1008 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.