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Recommended best management practices for Degener's penstemon (pestemon degeneri) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Degener's penstemon (pestemon degeneri) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Degener's penstemon (Penstemon degeneri) is a perennial herb in the Plantaginaceae (Plaintain Family) that is found only in Fremont, Custer and Chaffee counties, and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. When flowering, it has beautiful blue-purple flower spikes. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Pagosa bladderpod (physaria pruinosa) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Pagosa bladderpod (physaria pruinosa) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Pagosa bladderpod (Physaria pruinosa=Lesquerella pruinosa) is a small, rosette-forming, yellow-flowered plant in the Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) that is known only from two counties in southern Colorado and one county in northern New Mexico. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Round-leaf Four o'clock (oxybaphus rotundifolius) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Round-leaf Four o'clock (oxybaphus rotundifolius) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Round-leaf four o'clock (Oxybaphus rotundifolius) is a medium-tall plant in the Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock Family) that is restricted to barren shale outcrops of the Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Formation in sparse shrublands or woodlands and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for golden blazing star (nuttallia chrysantha) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for golden blazing star (nuttallia chrysantha) : practices developed to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Golden blazing is a tall plant, with thick stems, and attractive, 10-petaled bright yellow flowers. Golden blazing star is found primarily on the Smoky Hill member of the Niobrara shale, in the middle Arkansas Valley, in Fremont and Pueblo counties, Colorado, and nowhere else in the world. Golden blazing star is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Pueblo goldenweed (Oönopsis puebloensis) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Pueblo goldenweed (Oönopsis puebloensis) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Pueblo goldenweed (̲Onopsis puebloensis) is a yellow flowered plant in the Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) that is known only from the Arkansas Valley in Pueblo and Fremont counties, Colorado, and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects. The Best Management Practices included in this document are intended to help increase the awareness of this species for o help increase the awareness of this species for anyone involved in road maintenance activities.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Piceance bladderpod (physaria parviflora) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Piceance bladderpod (physaria parviflora) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Piceance bladderpod is a low, rosette-forming, yellow-flowered plant in the Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) that is found chiefly on outcrops of the Green River Shale Formation in the Piceance Basin. It grows on ledges and slopes of canyons in open area of pinon juniper communities.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Colorado's globally imperiled plants : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Colorado's globally imperiled plants : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Colorado supports habitat for approximately 120 globally imperiled plant species. These plants are in need of conservation attention to prevent unnecessary extirpations and extinctions. Numerous populations of these globally imperiled plants are known from roadside locations in Colorado. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Cushion bladderpod (physaria pulvinata) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Cushion bladderpod (physaria pulvinata) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
Abstract
Cushion bladderpod (Physaria pulvinata) is a low, compact plant in the Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) It is densely matted and hairy, less than 3 dm across with 4-petaled yellow flowers. It is known from widely scattered outcrops of grayish Mancos shale in San Miguel and Dolores counties, and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017
Recommended best management practices for Roan Cliffs blazing star (Nuttallia rhizomata) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Recommended best management practices for Roan Cliffs blazing star (Nuttallia rhizomata) : practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
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Roan Cliffs blazing star (Nuttallia rhizomata) is a low, sprawling, rhizomatous plant with bright yellow flowers with five petals. This species is known only from Garfield County in Colorado, and nowhere else in the world. and is considered to be imperiled at a global and state level. One of the biggest conservation issues for this imperiled plant species is the lack of awareness of its existence and status. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to this species during road maintenance activities will effectively help to conserve its habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on road maintenance goals and projects.
Date
2017