Polygala rimulicola var. mescalerorum (Mescalero Milkwort)
USFWS | State of NM | USFS | BLM | Navajo Nation | State Rank | Global Rank | R-E-D Code | NMRPTC Status | Strategy Status |
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E | S1 | G3T1 | 3-3-3 | R | SS |
Overall Conservation Status | Documented Threats | Actions Needed |
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UNDER CONSERVED | Small population size - inbreeding depression |
Status surveys on abundance, distribution and threats. Population trend monitoring. Check seed set and viability for inbreeding depression |
*New Mexico Native Plants Protection Advisory Committee. 1984. A handbook of rare and endemic plants of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Frazier, C.K. 1997. Field survey of the San Andres Mountains for Polygala rimulicola var. mescalerorum. Prepared for New Mexico Forestry Division, Santa Fe.
*Wendt, T. and T.K. Todsen. 1982. A new variety of Polygala rimulicola (Polygalaceae) from Doa Ana County, New Mexico. MadroƱo 29(1):19-21.
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