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Developing a Utah Rare Plant List Sego Lily November 2009 32 (6) Developing a Utah Rare Plant List by Walter Fertig, UNPS Rare Plant Committee November 2009 Vol. 32, No. 6 In this issue: Developing a Utah Rare Plant list 1 Chapter News . 2 UNPS Contributes to White Dome Preserve . 3 The UNPS Rare Plant Ranking System . 6 2009 Utah Native Plant Society Rare Plants of Utah List I. Extremely High Priority . 8 II. High Priority . 10 III. Watch . 12 IV. Need Data . 15 USFWS Updating Utah‘s Endan- gered and Candidate Lists . 18 Left: Charleston Mountain violet (Viola purpureus var. charlestonensis or V. charlestonensis) can be easily recognized by its yellow flowers and gray-pubescent foliage. This Carmel Formation endemic of southern Utah and southern Nevada is on the UNPS Watch list. Photo from Zion National Park by W. Fertig. While they often do not get the same attention or notoriety, plants can be just as endangered or threatened with extinction as animal species. With a few notable exceptions, conservationists have traditionally been more concerned with the plight of rare game animals, showy birds, and edible fish than with less charismatic vertebrates, inverte- brates, or plants. This bias was reflected in early efforts to protect endangered species. The first national law, passed in 1966, only addressed vertebrates and was little more than an effort to compile a list of vulnerable species. It pro- vided little in the way of habitat protection or penalties. The law was amended in 1969, but it remained until 1973 before an Endangered Species Act was passed that had real teeth. The 1973 act was also the first to extend endangered species protection to plants and invertebrates deemed worthy of listing by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Specifically, the new law protected listed species from direct harm, preserved critical habitat, and required development projects on public lands and using federal funds to con- sider the potential impacts on these species during the planning process. This landmark piece [continued on page 4] Copyright 2009 Utah Native Plant Society. All Rights Reserved. Utah Native Plant Society Education: Ty Harrison Sego Lily Editor: Walter Fertig Horticulture: Maggie Wolf ([email protected]). The deadline for Invasive Weeds: Susan Fitts the January 2010 Sego Lily is 15 Dec- Rare Plants: Walter Fertig ember 2009. Scholarship: Bill Gray Copyright 2009 Utah Native Plant Chapters and Chapter Presidents Society. All Rights Reserved Cache: Amy Croft and Michael Piep Cedar City: Marguerite Smith The Sego Lily is a publication of the Officers Escalante: Harriet Priska Utah Native Plant Society, a 501(c)(3) President: Bill King (Salt Lake Co) Fremont: Maria Ulloa not-for-profit organization dedicated Vice President: Walter Fertig (Kane Co) Manzanita: Walter Fertig to conserving and promoting steward- Treasurer: Charlene Homan (Salt Lake Mountain: Mindy Wheeler ship of our native plants. Use of con- Co) Price: Mike Hubbard tent material is encouraged but re- Secretary: Mindy Wheeler (Summit Salt Lake: Marni Ambrose quires permission (except where ex- Co) Southwestern/Bearclaw poppy: Mar- empted by statute) and must be cor- Board Chair: Dave Wallace (Cache Co) garet Malm rectly credited and cited. Articles, Utah Valley: Celeste Kennard photographs and illustrations submit- UNPS Board: Loreen Allphin (Utah ted to us remain the property of the Co), Robert Fitts (Utah Co), Susan Fitts Website: For late-breaking news, the submitting individuals or organiza- (Utah Co), Ty Harrison (Salt Lake Co), UNPS store, the Sego Lily archives, tions. Submit permission requests to Celeste Kennard (Utah Co), Kipp Lee Chapter events, links to other websites [email protected]. We encourage read- (Salt Lake Co), Margaret Malm (including sources of native plants and ers to submit articles for potential (Washington Co), Larry Meyer (Salt the digital Utah Rare Plant Field publication. By submitting an article, Lake Co), Therese Meyer (Salt Lake Co), Guide), and more, go to unps.org. an implicit license is granted to print Leila Shultz (Cache Co), Maggie Wolf Many thanks to Xmission for the article in the newsletter or other (Salt Lake Co). sponsoring our website. UNPS publications for reprint without For more information on UNPS: permission (in print and electronic Committees Contact Bill King (582-0432) or Susan media). When submitting an article, Communications: Larry Meyer Fitts (801-756-6177), or write to please indicate whether it has been Conservation: Bill King and Tony UNPS, PO Box 520041, Salt Lake City, previously published or submitted for Frates UT, 84152-0041 or email consideration to other publications. [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter News Sheet or Lasagna Composting Sheet composting is an ancient tech- Cedar City: Gayle Horn, CCNP nique that has many practical appli- treasurer and local bee expert, will cations today. It is a cold compost- discuss ―Why pollinators are impor- ing method that is an excellent way tant‖ as well as how to attract them, to convert grass to vegetable beds, how to collect honey, and African- create new or enlarge perennial bor- ized bees (are they a threat?) at our ders, improve soil and soil structure, October meeting, Wednesday eve- and recycle organic material at ning, October 21st at the Commu- home. As with all compost, sheet nity Presbyterian Church at 7 PM. - composting needs carbon, nitrogen, Alice Maas oxygen, and water in proper propor- tions to break down the organic ma- Escalante: Upcoming meetings terials into a good growing medium. include: Tuesday, November 10th- To build any good compost you ―History of the Colorado Plateau— need to plan ahead. Sheet compost- Vegetation and Environment‖ by ing is best started several months Eric Feiler, 7PM Interagency Office. before you want to use the planting Tuseday, December 8th—Christmas area. Fall is an excellent time to finger food pot luck party at the Wednesday, January 13th, 2010— sheet compost as the material Priska‘s new home on the corner of ‖Growing Edible and Medicinal breaks down slowly over the winter 200 West and 200 South, 6-8 PM. Natives‖ by Deborah McLaughlin, and is ready for planting in the Bring food bank donations if you 7 PM at the Interagency Office. spring. But a bed may be started wish. There will be a plant-related The following is a ‗recipe‘ for any time materials are available. The gift exchange if you would like to lasagna composting I found on the basic technique involves placing al- participate. Please contact Harriet if internet that might be helpful to ternate layers of carbon materials you can help set up or provide gardeners: and nitrogen materials directly onto drinks. the soil. Layers should be fairly 2 Sego Lily November 2009 32 (6) Above: White Dome, on the Utah- Arizona state line south of St. George, is UNPS Contributes to White Dome Preserve a block of SITLA land being sold to The Nature Conservancy to protect the en- Thanks in part to contributions from UNPS members and sponsors, the dangered Dwarf bearclaw poppy, Society finished in the black after hosting the fifth Southwest Rare Plant Siler’s pincushion cactus, and many Conference in March 2009. The UNPS Board voted in September to donate other rare Mohave Desert plant and half of this extra money to The Nature Conservancy‘s Utah Field Office to animal species. The plant in the fore- help them purchase the final 470 acres of the White Dome Preserve south ground is the pale blue-flowered phase of St. George. When completed, the White Dome Preserve will protect criti- of Delphinium scaposum var. scaposum. Photo by Tony Frates. cal habitat for one of Utah‘s rarest plant species, the Dwarf bearclaw poppy (Arctomecon humilis), Siler‘s pincushion cactus (Pediocactus sileri) and over a dozen other rare and unusual plant and animal species restricted to equal to allow for even decomposi- the Mohave Desert. Elaine York of The Nature Conservancy thanked UNPS tion. One inch is recommended, for the gift of $2000, which will help TNC match other donations. As re- although deeper layers can be used. ported in the September issue of the Sego Lily, more funds are still needed For more information, go to http:// to make the project a reality. If you wish to help, contact TNC‘s Heidi Mos- extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/ burg at [email protected] or (801) 531-0999. sites/default/files/documents/ Lasagna pdf - Harriet Priska Manzanita (Kane County): Our In November, I will be speak- going (―just a few more should be October meeting featured paleo- ing about the Deer Creek bio- fine‖). Species we collected include: botanist Dr. Ian Miller of the Denver blitz project conducted by The Frasera speciosa, Penstemon sub- Museum of Nature and Science. Dr. Nature Conservancy outside of glaber, Elymus elymoides, Bal- Miller‘s team has spent the past two Boulder, Utah in July 2007 and samorhiza macrophylla, Castilleja summers excavating late Cretaceous May 2008. The bio-blitz was a chromosa, and Tetradymia canes- age floodplain deposits of the Kai- 48 hour effort by a team of wild- cens. Let‘s hope for a successful parowits Formation in the Grand life biologists, entomologists, propagation! - Mindy Wheeler Staircase-Escalante National Monu- botanists, and ecologists to re- ment between Henrieville and Esca- cord as many species of animals Southwestern: The chapter held a lante. So far Miller has identified and plants as possible from the ―Landscaping and Water Conserva- fossil leaf impressions of at least 86 study area (a tributary of the tion‖ hands-on presentation by Tim species of flowering dicots, aquatic Escalante River). The meeting McAlmond (from Shadow Farm Na- monocots, gymnosperms, and fern will be held on Tuesday, Novem- tive Plant Nursery) on October 5th. allies from the strata. Based on ber 10 at 7 PM in the Grand Our field trip to Ali‘s Organics in La morphological characteristics of the Staircase visitor center.— Walter Verkin on October 21st was a huge leaves and other physical evidence, Fertig success.
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