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Mesa Verde Aletes (Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Apiaceae
State: CO, NM, UT
Nature Serve ID: 156852
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Herbaceous perennial, arising from an often much-branched, woody root crown; leaves oblong in outline. Flowers May and June.

Where is Mesa Verde Aletes (Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus typically grows in crevices in sandstone slab and canyon walls and rarely in sandy soil at 5,800-8,200 feet (1770-2500 m) elevation. It appears to favor areas where there is favorable seasonal moisture.

Distribution:

Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus is endemic to the Animas and San Juan River valleys in San Juan County, New Mexico, San Juan County, Utah, and Montezuma County, Colorado, USA.

States & Provinces:

Mesa Verde Aletes can be found in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

Which CPC Partners conserve Mesa Verde Aletes (Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus)?

Denver Botanic Gardens

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

08/26/2020

Seed collection and storage

08/26/2020

Seed collection and storage

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus is restricted to relatively small regions in southeast Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest NM. Although there are several occurrences recorded in the last ten years most records are from prior to 1950. It appears to be scattered and never locally common.

Theobald & Tseng , Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

Threats are considered to be relatively few and localized, principally because the habitat of Aletes macdougalii is frequently relatively inaccessible. There are potential threats from activities associated from oil and gas exploration and exploitation, a

Theobald & Tseng , Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

21-80 occurrences. A healthy extant population of approximately 50 individual Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus plants growing within less than one hectare is located within Mesa Verde National Park (Marilyn Collier, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, personal communication, December, 1999).

Theobald & Tseng , Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

Seed collection and storage