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Ash Meadows Mousetail (Ivesia kingii var. eremica)

Flowers of Ivesia kingii var. eremica Photo Credit:

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Rosaceae
State: NV
Nature Serve ID: 154135
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Ivesia kingii var. eremica is an endemic species found on moist to saturated alkaline soils and also in saltgrass meadows. It is a perennial herb with white flowers. Its federal status is threatened.

Where is Ash Meadows Mousetail (Ivesia kingii var. eremica) located in the wild?

Habitat:

It is found on moist to saturated alkaline soils near seeps and springs and in saltgrass meadows at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Distribution:

Nye County, Nevada.

States & Provinces:

Ash Meadows Mousetail can be found in Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Ash Meadows Mousetail (Ivesia kingii var. eremica)?

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

09/18/2020

Ash Meadows National Wildlife refuge: Pollinator study 2008 annual report. (Bio-West, Inc., 2009)

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

A Nevada endemic, narrowly confined to a single spring-fed desert wetland area with extremely saline soils. Only nine occurrences are known, and the habitat is very threatened by development. Agricultural development and the associated large-scale draw-down of the region's water resources have already destroyed large portions of the local native flora.

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Groundwater withdrawal Invasive species

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

510,744 individuals. (This is from the 2010 Bio-West survey report that is in draft form to the Refuge. The official copy has not yet been released.)

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Ash Meadows National Wildlife refuge: Pollinator study 2008 annual report. (Bio-West, Inc., 2009)

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Unknown

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Ex-situ seed conservation Propagation protocol development Habitat protection Reintroduction research Continued monitoring of current population

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Seed conservation Propagation protocol development Reintroduction research