Southwestern rare and endangered plants: Proceedings of the Third Conference

Abstract

These contributed papers review current research findings related to the demographic, monitoring, reintroduction, ecological and genetic studies done on southwestern rare plant species.

Titles contained within Southwestern rare and endangered plants: Proceedings of the Third Conference

• National and international conservation efforts and their relevance to plant conservation in the Southwest
• A case for conserving imperiled plants by ecological area
• The role of landscape anomalies in regional plant conservation
• Introducing two federally listed carbonate-endemic plants onto a disturbed site in the San Bernardino Mountains, California
• The white-margined penstemon (Penstemon albomarginatus Jones), a rare Mohave Desert species, and the Hualapai Mountains land exchange in Mohave County, Arizona
• Determining habitat potential and surveying for nine rare plant species in south-central Utah
• Results of a conservation agreement and strategy for Rabbit Valley gilia (Gilia caespitosa)
• Demographic monitoring of Wright fishhook cactus
• Demography and monitoring of Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii) at Coral Pink Sand Dunes
• The demography of a small population of yellow columbines in the Organ Mountains
• Monitoring update on four listed plants on the Arizona Strip
• Five-Year Monitoring Study of Siler's Pincushion Cactus (Pediocactus sileri) in Kane County, Utah
• Tracking rare orchids (Orchidaceae) in Arizona
• A preliminary population study of alcove bog orchid (Platanthera zothecina) at Navajo National Monument, Arizona
• The influence of interplant distance and number of flowers on seed set in dwarf bear-poppy (Arctomecon humilis)
• The effects of canopy openings and population size on the persistence of Southwest columbines at risk of extinction
• The status of Lepidospartum burgessii (Burgess Broomshrub or Gypsum Broomscale)
• Implications of managing the timing and intensity of herbivory for conservation of Arizona leatherflower
• Response of a rare endemic, Penstemon clutei, to burning and reduced belowground competition
• Pollination ecology of the rare orchid, Spiranthes diluvialis: Implications for conservation
• Seed ecology of a rare sage, Salvia dorrii ssp. mearnsii
• From the greenhouse to the field: Cultivation requirements of Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra)
• Quantitative genetics in natural populations: Means of monitoring natural biological processes
• Preliminary report on the reproductive biology of the threatened Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus
• Dalmatian toadflax, an invasive exotic noxious weed, threatens Flagstaff pennyroyal community following prescribed fire
• Extinction risk of Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus in Holy Ghost Canyon with and without management intervention
• The threat of increasing hybridization of an endangered plant species, Purshia subintegra, in the Verde Valley, Arizona
• Distribution of Paradine plains cactus in pinyon-juniper woodland on the North Kaibab Ranger District, Kaibab National Forest
• Cultural influence as a factor in determining the distribution of a rare sage, Salvia dorrii subspecies mearnsii
• Distribution and taxonomic discussion of Tetraneuris verdiensis, an apparently rare edaphic endemic from the Verde Valley of Arizona

Citation

Maschinski, Joyce; Holter, Louella. 2001. Southwestern rare and endangered plants: Proceedings of the Third Conference. Proceedings RMRS-P-23. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 250 p.