Threatened and Endangered Plants in selected areas of the BLM Fortymile plannning unit Alaska
Batten AR, Murray DF, Dawe JC. 1979. Threatened and Endangered Plants in selected areas of the BLM Fortymile plannning unit Alaska. BLM-Alaska Technical Report. 3. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Alaska State Office. Anchorage, AK
Four study areas in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fortymile Planning Unit were searched for rare (threatened or endangered) plant taxa. The study areas were: 1. Black Rapids, 2. Eagle Bluff, 3. Kathal Mountain, 4. Chicken. Eight rare taxa were found: 1. Eriogonum flavum var. aquilinum, 2. a Draba sp. new to North America, 3. Draba porsildii, 4. Erysimum asperum, 5. Lesquerella arctica var. scammanae, 6. Podistera yukonensis, 7. Phacelia sericea, and 8. Cryptantha shackletteana. Descriptions, summaries of distributions and habitats, evaluations of taxonomic status and threatened or endangered status, and information on environmental requirements, population size, and population vigor are presented for each taxon.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Batten, Alan; Murray, David; Dawe, Janice
- Date of Issue
- 1979
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Alaska State Office
- Units
- YUCH , WRST
- Keywords
- Black Rapids, BLM Fortymile plannning unit, Chicken, Cryptantha shackletteana, draba, Draba porsildii, Eagle Bluff, Endangered, Eriogonum flavum, Erysium asperum, Fortymile River, Kathul Mountain, Lesquerella arctica, Phacelia sericea, Plant Communities (Vegetation), Plant Studies, Plants, Podistera yukonensis, Rare Plants, sensitive, Threatened, Threatened and Endangered Plants, Threatened and Endangered Species, Vegetation, Yukon-Charley National Preserve, Yukon-Charley National Preserve AK