AN OVERVIEW OF SPECIAL-STATUS PLANTS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT James M. Andre 1 and Teri A. Knight 2 1 Director, University of California Granite Mountain Desert Research Center P.O. Box 101 Kelso California 92351 2 Nevada Director of Science and Sterwardship The Nature Conservancy The remarkably diverse native flora of the Mojave Desert is steadily becoming less diverse as a result of habitat destruction, population depletion, and competition from introduced non-native species.