Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 527 - Protection and Preservation of Timbered Lands, Trees and Flora › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 527.010 - List of fully protected species of native flora

Current through June 11, 2024
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 and hereby adopts by
			 reference the
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and
			 plants
, 2018 edition, and any subsequent edition issued by the
			 International Association for Plant Taxonomy, or its successor organization,
			 which has been approved by the State Forester Firewarden, to determine the
			 correct names and synonyms of the species and subspecies of native plants
			 critically endangered and threatened with extinction. Each new edition of the
			 publication shall be deemed approved by the State Forester Firewarden, unless
			 the edition is disapproved by the State Forester Firewarden within 60 days
			 after the date of publication by the International Association for Plant
			 Taxonomy, or its successor organization. The publication is available, free of
			 charge, from the International Association for Plant Taxonomy at the Internet
			 address
https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php
.
4. The State Forester Firewarden will review
			 each subsequent edition of the
International Code of Nomenclature for
			 algae, fungi, and plants
to determine its suitability for this State.
			 If the State Forester Firewarden determines that the most recent edition is not
			 suitable, the State Forester Firewarden will hold a public hearing to review
			 that determination. If, after the hearing, the State Forester Firewarden
			 finally determines that the most recent edition is not suitable for this State,
			 he or she will, within 30 days after that determination, give notice that the
			 edition is not adopted by reference.
[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); A by
				R096-22A,
				eff. 12/7/2022
NRS 527.050,
				  527.270