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Utah, along with all other states, had its proposed threatened and
endangered plants list cancelled as of November 1979 except those placed on
the offical U.S. Government Federal Register. On that list are the following
plants:
These plants can be guaranteed the full protection of the law as stated
in the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if they grow on federal land.
Section 9(a) of the Act makes it illegal for any person to import, export,
or to deliver,receive, carry,transport, or ship interstate or foreign com-
merce in the course of a commercial activity, or to sell or offer for sale in
interstate or foreign commerce, these plants. Section 10 provides for the
issuance of permits under certain circumstances to carry out otherwise
prohibited activity involving endangered plants, such as trade in specimens
of cultivated origin.
Below is the new list, divided into four categories, which was compiled
by selected members of UNPS and will be submitted to the appropriate federal
agency as a proposed list of Utah threatened and endangered plants for
official consideration as threatened or endangered plants:
Phacelia utahensis
Psoralea pariensis
Psorothamnus polyadenius var. jonwii
Senecio dimorphophyllus var. intermedius
Sclerocactus pubispinus
Silene petersonii var. minor
Silene petersonii var. petersonii
Spaeromeria ruthiae
Talinum validulum
Trifolium andersonii var. friscanum
Viola purpurea var. charlestonensis
Xylorhiza confertifolia
Zigadenus vaginatus
(D) SENSITIVE PLANTS. These plants will not be submitted for
consideration as threatened or endangered, but the list includes
plants which may be extinct or have not been collected for the
past 25 years or those which may become threatened or endangered
if habitat destruction is begun or continued.
Astragalus ampullarius Eriogonum lancifolium
Astragalus desereticus* Eriogonum ostlundii
Astragalus harrisonii* Eriogonum saurinum
Astragalus henrimontanensis Eriogonum thompsonae var. thompsonae
Astragalus lentiginosus var. ursinus*Eriogonum tumulosum
Astragalus malacoides Festuca dasyclada*
Atriplex welshii Lupinus jonesii*
Camissonia megalantha Penstemon angustifolius
Cryptantha grahamii var. vernalensis
Cymopterus basalticus Penstemon garrettii*
Cuscuta warneri* Phacelia cephalotes
Eriogonum corymbosum var. davidsei Phlox cluteana
Eriogonum ephedroides Polygonum utahense
Eriogonum hylophilum Ranunculus acriformis var.aestivalis*
Selaginella utahensis
Townsendia mensana
*Additional research and collections needed. Townsendia minima
NOTE: Dr. Stanley L. Welsh of Brigham Young University has been chosen
^^A as the chairman of UNPS Endangered Plants Committee.
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'9wà -- ANNOUNCEMENTS
There w i l l be t h e following p u b l i c meetings concerning t h e U.S.
Government's MX-missile program:
January 11 - S a l t Lake City
It
15 - Delta
II 16 - Nephi
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21 - Milford
II
22 - Beaver
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23 - Alamo
II
24 - Cedar City
I1
3 1 - S a l t Lake City
Because t h i s program w i l l a f f e c t so much of our a r e a h e r e and i s l i k e l y
t o change some of t h e l i f e - s t y l e s , i t would be w e l l f o r u s t o understand
a s much about t h e f u t u r e p l a n s f o r t h i s m i s s i l e program a s possible.
6, CALENDAR
f
The Utah Native Plant Society (UNPS) was formed because o f a growing
concern for the large scale alteration and destruction of our native flora.
Some of t h e s e impacts are necessary t o meet the needs of our growing s o c i e t y .
However, a large p o r t i o n of projects involving vegetation manipulation or
outright destruction of the native flora is poorly planned, unsuccessful or
unnecessary.
The State Planning Office estimates Utah's population, based on current
t r e n d s , will h i t 2 . 2 million by the year 2000. This projection does not
include population booms that could result from the MX m i s s i l e deployment system
and other major development projects such as o i l shale and tar sands, the Inter-
mountain, Moon Lake and Allen-Warner Valley power p r o j e c t s , the White River
and Red Fleet Dams, geo-thermal activities, the C e n t r a l Utah project and others.
The combined impact of these projects could exceed the impact on our flora
during the f i r s t 80 years of this century. As members o f the U N P S w e can
help minimize these impacts by becoming a c t i v e l y involved in the society by
participating on one or more of the f o l l o w i n g committees: endangered p l a n t s ,
conservation, education, publication, fund raising, newsletter, membership,
horticulture, chapter organization, or f i e l d trips, or in other areas of s p e c i f i c
i n t e r e s t . Only through your h e l p and public awareness can the i m p a c t s to our .
flora be arrested.
P u b l i c image of endangered species is symbolized by glamorous species
of b i r d s and mammals* It is misleading to focus the majority of our attention
on these species alone. The extinction of a single plant or lower form of
animal l i f e could upset the ecological balance of a complex system as much or
even more than a more visible species.
The Smithsonian Institution estimates that 50,000 alkaloids remain t o
be discovered in p l a n t s , including possible cures for cancer. Many p l a n t s are
already valuable sources of medicines, chemicals, food crops, and horticultural
uses. P l a n t s n o t only produce natural biologically active chemicals such a s
insecticides, but a l s o provide us with chemical structures to s y n t h e s i z e even
more effective chemicals and pesticides. Many of our species grow in unusual
habitats and provide s t a b i l i t y t o poor soils on which most plants are u n a b l e to
grow.
There are many aspects of the flora we do not understand; components of t h e
flora are not ours to d i s p o s e o f . We do have the c u s t o d i a l responsibilities t o
p r o t e c t it f o r the best use of man in the generations to come. The purpose of
the UNPS is to protect and conserve the n a t i v e flora; l e t us unite in this effort
through active participation. Don't wait f o r an invitation to p a r t i c i p a t e - l e t
us know what you can and are willing to do.
N. Duane Atwood
President, UNPS
U. S. FOREST SERVICE
TABLE 1.
SAF TYPES ON R-4 FORESTS
(Circles r e p r e s e n t types already in RKA1s)
T-ypes
Mountain Hemlock - Subalpine F i r
Engelmann Spruce -
Subalpfne F i r X @
Red Fir
Whitebark Pine
Bristlecone Pine
I n t e r i o r Douglas F i r
White F i r
X 8 x
Grand F i r - Larch - Douglas Fir
Western White Pine
Blue Spruce
Aspen
Lodgepole Pine
Limber Pine
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Table 1. cont.
YYPES
Western Red Cedar
Cottonwood Willow X
Interior Ponderosa Pine X
Western Juniyer
Pinyon Juniper X
Ponderosa Pine - Sugar Pine - Fir
Jeffery Pine
TABLE 2
1
TVPCS
Mixed Conifer Forest
Red F i r Forest
Lodgepole Pine - Subalpine F o r e s t
Western Ponderosa Forest
Great Basin P i n e Forest
Douglas F i r Forest X
Grand F i r - Douglas Fir Forest
Western Spruce - Fir Forest X
Pine - Douglas F i r Forest
Arizona Pine Forest
S p r u c e F i r - D o u g l a s F i r Forest X
Southwestern Spruce Fir Forest
Juniper - Pinyon Woodland X
Juniper Steppe Woodland
Mountain Mahogany Oak Scrub
Great Basin Sagebrush
Blackbrush
-
Saltbush Greasewood
Creosote Bush
Wheatgrass
Alpine Meadows and Barren X
Sagebrush Steppe X
Galleta - Three Awn Shrub Steppe
F o o t h i l l s Prairie X
TABLE 3
Aquatic E e o a y u t t m ClaaiiflcmtIon for Research Xatural Areaa
pH >8.4
6.0-8.4
b.
C.
lacustrine
pçlu~trln
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TABLE 4
~esearchNatural Areas E s t a b l i s h e d on
Forest Service Administered Lands in Utah
Plants :to be added to UNPS threatened and endangered list published in the
January 1980 Newsletter.
(B) ENDANGERED: Eriogonum smithii
(C) THREATENED: Astragalus hamiltonii Eriogonm nummulare
As tragalus monumental is Eriogonum zionis
Cymop t e n s basalticus Penstemon wardii
Dalea epica Phacelia anelsonii
Draba asprella var. zionis (not Penstemon)
Eriogonum clavellatum Sphaeralcea caespitosa
(D) SENSITIVE: Astragalus consobrinus
Membership Schedule
Peak flowering times vary within the state according t o the elevation
and climate. To be able to observe the greatest number of flowers a general
t i m e schedule follows: Peak flowering times:' Washington Co., mid-April to
f i r s t of May. F o o t h i l l s and local valleys, May t o June. Mid-elevation
plateaus and canyons,June to July. High Uintas,late July through August.
Board of ~ i r e c t o r s
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Name Address
Society Officers
Dr. W. Richard Hildreth, Acting Pres. 2669 East Willow Wick Dr.
Sandy, Utah 84070
Pan Grubaugh, Vice Pres. 121 "Dl1 Street
Salt, Lake city, Utah 84103
Barbara Halliday, Sec./~reas. 3043 Brighton Place
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
QUESTIONNAIRE ON FORMING A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
OF NATIVE PLANT SOCIETIES
"What is the most important problem facing this nation or the world
a t the start of the decade, and what resolutions should we be making
to deal with It? How well will we have coped with the problem by the
end of the Eighties?" The Harvard Magazine, January-February 1980
Issue, featured responses to these questions by prominent members of
the University's faculty in the article "Resolutions for the 80s."
(The following few plants and their uses w e r e among those collected
on the Dude Valley Indian Reservation during-the summer of 1972. )
(1) Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
The root was collected in the
early summer and dried for use as
a poultice on cuts, swelUngs, wounds
or bruises. It was pounded between
rocks then mixed with water to form
a paste-like mass. This was ap-
plied to the afflicted area, allow-
ed to dry, removed and another ap-
plied. Sometimes the tops and leaves
were picked and made into a tea f o r
stomach upsets. Yarrow contains the
alkaloid achllleine which reduces the
clotting time of blood.
The first meeting of the Northern Chapter of the Utah Native Plant
Society was held April 1, 1980 at Utah State University a t Logan.
Following a brief discussion of the general purposes of such a society
and possible future activities of this chapter, a s l i d e presentation of
some rare and endemic plant species of Utah was given by Leila and
John Shultz. The chapter officers were elected and are as follows:
A WELCOME FOR MANY NEW MEMBERS TO THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY!
Toms Alleman, S.U.S.C. Box 246, Cedar City, Utah 84720
John.Anderson, P.O. Box 962, Cedar City, Utah 84720
Helen 3. Cannon, 647 Canyon Road, Logan, Utah 84321
Judyth A. Clarkson, 2096 Castle Hill Ave. , Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
Mary B. DiMuzio, P.O. Box 1115, Cedar City, Utah 84720
Noel and Patricia Holmgren, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, H.Y. 10458
Walter and Delora Hoope, P.O. Box 514, Moab, Utah 84532
Laura Houck, P. 0 . Box 1420, Moab, Utah 84532
C a m i l l e Fullmer, P. 0 . Box 1144, Fillmore, Utah 84631
Robert Larsen, P.O. Box 341, Cedar C i t y , Utah 84720
Carole Loveland, 1780 E 2500 N, Logan Utah 84321
Michael Madany, 511 E. 9 N., Logan, Utah 84321
Steve Mann, 155 N 600 W., Cedar City, Utah 84720
Meiiji Resource Consultants, P.O. Box 250, 38 N Main, Layton, UT. 84041
Betsey Neely, 698 E. 700 N., Logan, Utah 84321
Karl and Monna Parker, 281 Stewart H i l l Drive, Logan, UT. 84321
Lorin.Pratt, 66 N 200 E., Cedar City, U t 84720
(continuation of new members)
1 October 1980
NOTICE!
by E l i z a b e t h Neese
Brigham Young U n i v e r s i t y
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I
Alpine Tundra Frigid Alpine Alpine G r a s s - pine Meadow
land p i n e Scrub
Alpine
Subalpine
Subalpine Fir-
Subalpine Engelmann Hudsonian UPPW
Spruce Temperate
Spruce
Douglas Fir-
White Fir-
1 Spruce-Fir 1 Montane
Montane Canadian Middle
Blue Spruce Temperate Aspen As pen
Pinu s
Ponderos a
Ponderosa Pine Chaparral and Scrub Oak-
Mountain Brush Ponderma Pine Transition Yellow Pine Western
Yellow Pine
Pinyon-
Pygmy Forest Juniper
Upper
Sonoran
Lower
Temperate
Pinyon
I Pygmy
Forest I
Northern orthern Semi-
Cool Desert Desert Shrub
Shrub Shadscale Artemisia S a l t Desert
1 Shrub 1 A s sociation
Warm Desert S a l t Desert
. - - - - Shrub
------- Covillea
Creosote Bush ,ower Sonoran Arid Tropical
Desert
Desert Shrub
TABLE 1. Altitudinal Vegetation Zones (After Graham 1937)
Vegetative z o n e s of t h e Henry Mountains correlated with z o n e s recognized by previous authors.
Vegetational Zone Principal Community Types
Alpine
As pen Woodland
S a n d s a g e ~ E p h e d r aDesert
Warm Desert Shrub
Blackbrus h Desert
Utah N a t i v e P l a n t S o c i e t y has c o n t r a c t e d w i t h t h e U . S. F o r e s t S e r v i c e
t o do work on one of Utah's most endangered p l a n t s , P h a c e l i a a r g i l l a c e a . U n t i l
r e c e n t l y o n l y f i v e p l a n t s were known t o e x i s t a l o n g a r a i l r o a d bed i n Utah
County. ~ o ~ bh o m ~ s o nDick , H i l d r e t h , S h e r e l ~ o o d r i c h ,Duane Atwood and J i m
Boyner found s e v e r a l a d d i t i o n a l p l a n t s n e a r t h e o r i g i n a l p o p u l a t i o n , and more
were l o c a t e d nearby. I t was thought t h e r e were a b o u t 100 p l a n t s s e e n . Seeds
were c o l l e c t e d and w i l l be a v a i l a b l e through t h e arboretum on t h e U n i v e r s i t y
of Utah campus.
NOTICE: