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Ash Meadows Gumweed (Grindelia fraxinipratensis)

Grindelia fraxinopratensis in flower Photo Credit: Susan Cochrane Levitsky, CDFG

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA, NV
Nature Serve ID: 144681
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

G. fraxinopratensis is an erect biennial - perennial forb, reaching 25 to 40 inches in height and has yellow flowers. This xeric adapted species flower during summer and fall. It can be found primarily in saltgrass meadows along streams and surrounding pools and occasionally on open alkali clays at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. This species once blanketed Ash Meadows with a continuous didtribution along the alkali salt flats. Now is found only on those sites undisturbed by agricultural activities or on recovered disturbed sites.

Where is Ash Meadows Gumweed (Grindelia fraxinipratensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Found primarily in saltgrass meadows along streams and surrounding pools and occasionally on open alkali clays at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Found within desert wetland moist soils strongly influenced by seeps and springs.

Distribution:

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nye County, Nevada and Inyo County, California. 23 element occurances within 136 acres in Nevada.

States & Provinces:

Ash Meadows Gumweed can be found in California, Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Ash Meadows Gumweed (Grindelia fraxinipratensis)?

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Katie Heineman

02/28/2023

California Botanic Garden made a conservation seed collection on BLM land in Nevada.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Grindelia fraxinipratensis in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 25552 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Grindelia fraxinipratensis from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 81 maternal plants

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

9-12 EOs in Ash Meadows Preserve, dependent on constant water supply.

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Ground Water withdrawal, Invasive species Trampling by wild horses

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Extant populations are scattered throughout the areas at sites that have not been disturbed within Ash Meadows, NV and adjacent area in California. 656,890 are estimated within Nevada. Nmbers within California are unknown.

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Surveys done within NV in 2009.

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Not Available

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Ex-situ seed conservation and Propagation research

Rita Dodge and Sarah Kulpa

01/01/2010

Seeds of this species are not represented in an ex-situ collection. This is a high priority for the US Fish and Wildlife Service.