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Lone Mesa Snakeweed (Gutierrezia elegans)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • State: CO
  • Nature Serve ID: 821145
  • Lifeform: Subshrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Subshrub, 7.5-12.5 cm high. The species is quite lovely and dainty in its symmetrical abundance of long-lived, bright, yellow flowers.

Where is Lone Mesa Snakeweed (Gutierrezia elegans) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Outcrops of Mancos shale and thin soil over shale (Schneider et al. 2008). Pinus ponderosa and pinyon-juniper occur on surrounding slopes (Schneider et al. 2008).

Distribution:

This species is known only from Dolores County, Colorado.

States & Provinces:

Lone Mesa Snakeweed can be found in Colorado

Which CPC Partners conserve Lone Mesa Snakeweed (Gutierrezia elegans)?

  • Denver Botanic Gardens

    Not Sponsored
    Assigned 06/09/17
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    Conservation Actions

    Nature Serve Biotics
    • 05/02/2017

    Know only from a small area in Dolores County, Colorado.

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    The species may be threatened by oil and gas development, seismic testing, excessive or repeated erosion, motorized recreation, over-grazing, water development, and climate change (Panjabi et al. 2011).

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    One large occurrence has been documented. Approximately 31,000 individuals have been documented.

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    Unknown

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    On both BLM and USFS Sensitive Species lists

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    Unknown

    A. Schneider & P. Lyon, Mary VB Goshorn
    • 01/01/2010

    Unknown

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    Nomenclature
    Taxon Gutierrezia elegans
    Authority A. Schneider & P. Lyon
    Family Asteraceae
    CPC Number 44596
    ITIS
    USDA GUEL2
    Duration Perennial
    Common Names Lone Mesa Snakeweed
    Associated Scientific Names Gutierrezia elegans
    Distribution This species is known only from Dolores County, Colorado.
    State Rank
    State State Rank
    Colorado S1
    Ecological Relationships

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