The Ute ladies' tresses population of interest, in Brown's Park, Utah, has consistently shown low fruit and seed production throughout our several years of monitoring since 1991. This population is also unusual in that pollinator populations are very low, and one species of native bee pollinator that is important at other locations is absent here. We are trying to improve reproduction at Brown's Park by importing that pollinator, Anthophora terminalis, from other areas in the Intermountain West. Thus far, we have transplanted a small number of twig-nests with bees in them into Brown's park, and the bees have emerged and nested successfully.
Populations however remain low.