USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers

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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet
Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet. Photo by Steve Walker.

Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet habitat
Frank Smith's violet grows in a single canyon in northern Utah. Photo by Teresa Prendusi.

Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet range map.
Viola frank-smithii range map.

Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet

Threats

  • Some occurrences may be threatened by recreational rock-climbing activity
  • Fire may represent the most significant threat to individual occurrences (by removing shading of the cliff-base habitat by Douglas-fir forest)

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:10 EDT