Since being first available towards the latter half of 2003 with the "first edition" having been published on the web by late Feburary of 2004, updates to the Utah Rare Plant Guide continue. Funded in part by BLM grants in 2003, work continues on the guide on a volunteer basis by the Utah Native Plant Society primarily to add pictures and drawings for taxa that were not previously available and to update the guide as appropriate for taxa previously missed, to make text changes, taxonomic changes, etc.
New in 2007
1/19/07: Taxonomic note added re: Arabis pulchra var. duchesnensis in light of comments received from Dr. Michael Windham
3/12/07: Added drawing by April Jensen (and courtesy of the herbarium at BYU) for Petalonyx parryi
7/27/07: Replacement pictures for Angelica wheeleri which were taken on July 22, 2007 (prior pictures were likely A. pinnata and in any event were not a match for the species) and some changes/clarifications in the text (elevation, height, comments)
7/30/07: Addition to petal color for Lepidium ostleri which often appears as cream/yellow, additional comment and replacement pictures taken by Dr. Duane Atwood in June of 1998 (prior closeup while identified as this taxon was not representative)
10/8/07: NatureServe status was missing for Botrychium crenulatum; also updated the distribution in Utah and elsewhere and added some comments for Botrychium lineare, and clarified that the B. lineare habitat picture was not taken in Utah.
10/10/07: Added additional synonym Aletes latiloba (Rydb.) W.A. Weber (which was published in: Phytologia 55(1): 5. 1984 - note that the correct specific epithet of that synonym is latiloba and not latilobus as is referenced on some other sites) for Lomatium latilobum.
12/13/07: Added CNOR removed status re: Botrychium lineare; added link to Arizona Rare Plant Guide on link page
New in 2006
4/29/06: Numerous updates to G-ranks.
4/29/06: Added habitat and closeup pictures for Astragalus loanus and Astragalus musiniensis.
(Special thanks to Ben Franklin and Robert Fitts of the Utah Natural Heritage Program for their assistance with A. loanus.
Special thanks to Walt Fertig for his assistance with A. musiniensis.)
4/29/06: Added possible habitat type picture for Viola lithion (V. lithion may not actually occur in Utah.)
6/22/06: Added Colorado distribution information for Astragalus equisolensis
7/30/06: Added pictures intended to be included in the original on-line version of the guide taken by C. Delmatier as follows:
Arabis glabra var. furcatipilis (habitat), Arabis lasiocarpa (closeup), and Eriogonum racemosum var. zionis (habitat).
9/14/06: In light of the Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR) of September 12, 2006, updated the federal status of Astragalus equisolensis, Aliciella cespitosa and Castilleja aquariensis.
12/19/06: In light of a withdrawl of proposed rule to list published on December 19, 2006, updated the federal status of Penstemon grahamii.
12/21/06: Taxonomic note added re: Cirsium virginense in light of FNA treatment
New in 2005
5/7/05: Potentilla pensylvanica var. paucijuga moved to the "other pages" (no longer a valid taxon)
5/7/05: Misc. status/page updates, update wishlist page to remove some species that we now don't need pics for either because we have them now.
8/13/05: Ceanothus greggii var. franklinii pictures (closeup and habitat) from Catherine Bland added and text formatting fix
8/13/05: Swertia gypsicola pictures (closeup and habitat) by Ben Franklin added
8/13/05: Added new pages for Corydalis caseana subsp. brachycarpa - first time in the guide
8/16/05: Added photos for Astragalus concordius provided by Doug Reynolds plus supplemental page
8/17/05: Added photos for Penstemon scariosus var. cyanomontanus from Kipp Lee plus supplemental page
8/19/05: Updated Botrychium crenulatum to add Juab as a county and BLM-Fillmore as a land manager in light of an historical collection in 1944 relating to this taxon
(note however that Welsh et al in 2003 3rd ed. do not recognize this taxon and include it under Botrychium lunaria).
8/20/05: The flower color in pictures of Penstemon grahamii by Leila Shultz were not correct due to a problem with the scanner settings
when these were previously scanned and since the originals are not readily available, the closeup has been replaced with the Duane Atwood picture that
appeared in connection with this species in the 1991 Utah Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Plant Field Guide; a beautiful picture by
Susan Meyer has also been added.
8/26/05: Added an inset for Androsace chamaejasme var. carinata
8/26/05: Removed California from the distribtion for Petalonyx parryi and updated its land ownership to include state lands and private
8/29/05: Added Colorado to the distribution of Sphaeromeria capitata
8/29/05: Added supplemental page for Penstemon grahamii concerning pollinator information and pictures of the Penstemon pollen wasp, Pseudomasaris vespoides
9/1/05: Common names added for Astragalus concordius and Dodecatheon dentatum var. utahense (they were previously blank);
fixed common name for Erigon huberi (had the common name of an unrelated taxon); changed slightly the common names of
Pediocactus winkleri and P. despainii
9/4/05: Completed and added new table format for master species list with preliminary G-ranks for some of the taxa
9/9/05: Added a "habitat type" picture for Podistera eastwoodiae
9/22/05: Added additional land owner re: Sclerocactus brevispinus plus additional comments.
9/26/05: Added synonym for Sclerocactus brevispinus
11/12/05: Drawing by April Jensen added for Corydalis caseana subsp. brachycarpa (first time a botanical illustration for this taxon has ever been
published anywhere as far as we are aware)
12/26/05: added links page
New in 2004
March-May 2004: Pictures added for Sphaeralcea gierischii, Potentilla cottamii, Viola clauseniana, Astagalus striatiflorus,Viguiera soliceps, Sclerocactus brevispinus and Physaria stylosa.
June 2004: Pictures contributed by Dorde Woodruff (Sclerocactus wrightiae) and by Walt Fertig (Euphorbia nephradenia, Phacelia pulchella var. atwoodii, Phacelia sabulonum, Sphaeralcea fumariensis and Thelypodiopsis ambigua var. erecta) were added. A photographer index list was also added for the first time.
