NAC527.010. List of fully protected species of native flora.  


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  •      1. The State Forester Firewarden has declared the following species and subspecies of native plants to be critically endangered and threatened with extinction pursuant to NRS 527.270:

    Arctomecon californica, Las Vegas bearpoppy

    Torrey & Fremont

    Astragalus geyeri var. triquetrus,

         Threecorner milkvetch

    (A. Gray) M.E. Jones

    Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas var. sesquimetralis,

         Sodaville milkvetch

    (Rydberg) Barneby

    Astragalus phoenix, Ash Meadows milkvetch

    Barneby

    Astragalus yoder-williamsii, Osgood Mountains milkvetch

    Barneby

    Castilleja salsuginosa, Monte Neva paintbrush

    N. Holmgren

    Centaurium namophilum, Spring-loving centaury

    Reveal, Broome & Beatley

    Cryptantha insolita, Unusual catseye

    (MacBride) Payson

    Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata, Ash Meadows sunray

    (A. Gray) A. Nelson

    Eriogonum argophyllum, Sulphur Springs buckwheat

    Reveal

    Eriogonum diatomaceum, Churchill Narrows buckwheat

    Reveal, J. Reynolds & Picciani

    Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae,

         Steamboat buckwheat

    Reveal

    Eriogonum viscidulum, Sticky buckwheat

    J.T. Howell

    Frasera gypsicola, Sunnyside green gentian

    (Barneby) D.M. Post

    Grindelia fraxino-pratensis, Ash Meadows gumplant

    Reveal

    Ivesia kingii var. eremica, Ash Meadows ivesia

    (Coville) Ertter

    Ivesia webberi, Webber ivesia

    A. Gray

    Mentzelia leucophylla, Ash Meadows blazingstar

    Brandegee

    Nitrophila mohavensis, Amargosa niterwort

    Munz & Roos

    Opuntia whipplei var. multigeniculata, Blue Diamond cholla

    (Clokey) Benson

    Phacelia inconspicua, Obscure scorpion plant

    E.L. Greene

    Polyctenium williamsiae, Williams combleaf

    Rollins

    Rorippa subumbellata, Tahoe yellowcress

    Rollins

    Spiranthes diluvialis, Ute lady’s tresses

    Sheviak

         2. The common names of species and subspecies of native flora listed in this section are provided for convenience and must not be relied upon for identification of any specimen due to the substantial variations in local usage of common names.

         3. The State Forester Firewarden will rely to the extent practicable upon the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis Code), 2000 edition, which is hereby adopted by reference, to describe the species and subspecies of native plants critically endangered and threatened with extinction. The publication may be purchased from Koeltz Scientific Books, P.O. Box 1360, D-61453 Königstein, Germany, for the price of $52. The publication is also available, free of charge, from the International Association for Plant Taxonomy at the Internet address http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/nomenclature/code/default.htm.

     [Div. of Forestry, eff. 2-14-79]—(NAC A 9-17-82; 6-28-83; 1-17-86; A by St. Forester Firewarden by R056-01, 11-1-2001; R222-03, 4-29-2005)