Rocky Mountain Region Rare Plant Profiles
This list includes species proposed or listed as threatened or endangered (TEP) by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); and/or a plant must be ranked as Critically Imperiled by NatureServe; that is, ranked as G1 and/or T1 using NatureServe's ranking criteria; and, are known to currently exist in at least one location on national forests or national grasslands. About the Rare Plant Profiles…
States
- Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and portions of South Dakota and Wyoming
Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profiles
- Eutrema penlandii, Penland’s alpine fen mustard
- Penstemon haydenii, blowout beardtongue
- Sclerocactus glaucus, Uinta Basin hookless cactus
Critically Imperiled Plant Profiles
- Aliciella sedifolia, stonecrop gilia
- Astragalus missouriensis var. humistratus, Missouri milkvetch
- Descurainia torulosa, Wyoming tansymustard
- Mimulus gemmiparus, Rocky Mountain monkeyflower
- Oreoxis humilis, Rocky Mountain alpineparsley
- Physaria pulvinata (no common name)
- Pyrrocoma clementis var. villosa, tranquil goldenweed