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APPENDIX H 

PLANT SPECIES OF CONCERN IN SANDOVAL COUNTY

Common Name 

Scientific 

Name Status a Range & Habitat Association 

Potential 

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grama grass cactus 

Pediocactus papyracanthus 

BLM; NESL—Group 4 

Piñon-juniper woodland and desert grassland. Almost always associated with grama grasses, especially blue grama. 

Could potentially exist in talthough the habitat is not which do not occur in the by the NMHP a in 2001-20

and it is doubtful any will 

Parish’s alkali grass 

Pucinella parishii 

BLM; FS; FWS; NME; NESL—Group 2 

Habitat includes alkaline springs, seeps, and seasonally wet areas (cienegas) that occur at the head of drainages or on gentle slopes at elevations of 2,600-7,200 feet; requires continuously damp soils during its late winter to spring growing season. 

None. No suitable habitat

Knight’s milkvetch 

Astraglus knightii 

BLM; FWS 

Mesa Prieta; rimrock ledges of Dakota Formation sandstone substrate in Great Basin conifer and piñonjuniper woodlands and at elevations of 5,500-7,500 feet. 

None. No suitable habitat

Plank’s campion (or Plank’s catchfly) 

Silene plankii BLM Includes igneous cliffs and rocky outcrops at 

elevations of 5,000-8,000 feet; restricted to mountains near the Rio Grande. 

None. No suitable habitat

gypsum phacelia 

Phacelia sp. nov. 

FWS Weathered gypsum outcrops and gypsiferous and pure 

gypsum soils in Great Basin conifer woodland at elevations of 5,500-7,500 feet, and in Great Basin desert scrub. Species is highly habitat specific. 

None. No suitable habitat

gypsum townsendii 

Townsendia gypsophilia 

BLM; FWS 

Weathered gypsum outcrops and gypsiferous and pure 

gypsum soils in Great Basin conifer woodland at elevations of 5,500-7,500 feet, and in Great Basin desert scrub. Species is highly habitat specific. 

None. No suitable habitat

tufted sand verbena 

Abronia bigelovii 

NM-s Populations are usually small and restricted to gypsum 

or strongly gypsiferous soils derived from gypsum outcrops. Plants are conspicuous on the otherwise rather barren gypsum. Although locally rather common, they do not form dense populations. 

None. No suitable habitat
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Common Name 

Scientific 

Name Status a Range & Habitat Association 

Potential 

in Pla

Santa Fe milkvetch 

Astragalus feensis 

NM-s Sandy benches and gravelly hillsides in piñon-juniper 

woodland or plains-mesa grassland at 5,100-6,100 feet. 

Could potentially exist in talthough the habitat is not the NMHP in 2001-2003 fhowever, the area will conspecies. 

La Jolla prairie clover 

Dalea scariosa NM-s Open sandy clay banks and bluffs, often along 

roadsides, at about 4,750-4,900 feet. 

Could potentially exist in talthough the habitat is not in elevation than that at whand lacks the clay soil in wconducted by the NMHP iplants, and it is doubtful anfuture. 

Wahatoya Creek larkspur 

Delphinium robustum 

FS Canyon bottoms and aspen groves in lower and upper 

montane coniferous forest at 7,200-11,200 feet. 

None. No suitable habitat

Sapello Canyon larkspur 

Delphinium sapellonis 

NM-s Canyon bottoms and aspen groves in lower and upper 

montane coniferous forest at 8,000-11,500 feet. 

None. No suitable habitat

New Mexico stickseed 

Hackelia hirsuta 

NMHP Dry sites of shaley or igneous soils in lower to upper 

montane coniferous forest, usually with Gambel oak at 7,700-10,200 feet. 

None. No suitable habitat

Sandia alumroot 

Heuchera pulchella 

NM-s Limestone cliffs in lower and upper montane 

coniferous forest at 8,000-10,700 feet. 

None. No suitable habitat

Springer’s blazingstar 

Mentzelia springeri 

NM-s Volcanic pumice and unconsolidated pyroclastic ash in 

piñon-juniper woodland and lower montane coniferous forest at 7,000-8,000 feet. Species is narrowly endemic to the loose volcanic substrates of the Jemez Mountains and is often seen where roads cut though pumice. 

Could potentially exist in talthough the habitat is not lower borderline in elevaticonducted by the NMHP iplants; however, the area wthis species. 

Note: a Status: BLM—BLM sensitive; FS—U.S. Forest Service sensitive; FWS—U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service species of concern; NMHP—Ne

 NM-s—State sensitive; NESL—Navajo Endangered Species List [Group 2—Any species or subspecies in danger of being eliminated f

 its range on the Navajo Nation; Group 4—Any species or subspecies for which the Navajo Fish and Wildlife Department. (NF&WD) d information to support its being listed in Group 2 or 3, but has reason to consider it. The NF&WD will actively seek information on the

 warrant inclusion in a different group, or removal from the list. Species in Group 4 have no legal protection under 17 NTC S 507.].