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Attachment 1: Species in Need of Conservation
Rare plant communities within the shortgrass prairie/grasslands system
Rare plant community
Conservation Status (CNHP)
Blue grama/ buffalograss
Common across its range; imperiled in
Bouteloua gracilis/ Bouteloua dactyloides
Colorado (G4; S2?)
Needle-and-thread grass/ blue grama
Critically imperiled globally; critically
Hesperostipa comata/ Bouteloua gracilis
imperiled in Colorado (G1,G2; S1,S2)
Winterfat /western wheatgrass/ blue grama Common across its range; unknown in
Krascheninnikovia lanata/ Pascopyrum
Colorado
smithii/
(G4; SU)
Bouteloua gracilis
Rare plant communities within the foothills shrublands system
Rare plant community
Mountain mahogany/ New Mexico
feathergrass
Cercocarpus montanus/ Hesperostipa
neomexicana
Mountain mahogany/ needle-and-thread
grass
Cercocarpus montanus/ Hesperostipa
comata
Mountain mahogany/ Scribner’s needlegrass
Cercocarpus montanus/ Acnatherum
scribneri
Mountain mahogany/ mountain muhly
Cercocarpus montanus/ Muhlenbergia
montana
Mountain mahogany/ streamside wild rye
Cercocarpus montanus/ Elymus lanceolatus
ssp. lanceolatus)
Fourwing saltbush/ blue grama
Atriplex canescens/ Bouteloua gracilis
Conservation Status (CNHP)
Imperiled globally and in Colorado (G2,G3;
S2,S3)
Imperiled globally and in Colorado (G2; S2)
Vulnerable throughout is range, both globally
and in Colorado (G3; S3)
Imperiled in Colorado (GU; S2)
Unknown vulnerability globally; vulnerable
in Colorado (GU; S3)
Vulnerable throughout its range (G3; S3)
Rare plant communities within the wetland and riparian systems
Rare plant community
Conservation Status (CNHP)
Clustered sedge wetland (Carex
praegracilis)
Nebraska sedge wetland (Carex
nebrascensis)
Baltic rush wetland (Juncus articus ssp.
littoralis)
Analogue sedge wetland (Carex
simulata)
Beaked sedge wetland (Carex utriculata)
Brookgrass/ monkey flower wetland
(Catabrosa aquatica/ Mimulus spp)
Vulnerable globally; imperiled in Colorado
(G3,G4; S2)
Vulnerable in Colorado (G4; S3)
Demonstrably widespread, abundant, and secure
(G5; S5)
Apparently secure globally; vulnerable in
Colorado (G4; S3)
Rare in parts of its range (G3; S3)
Vulnerable in Colorado (GU; S3)
Threatened and imperiled plants within the wetland and riparian systems
Ecosystem
North American
Arid West
Emergent Marsh
Rare Plant
Colorado butterfly plant
Gaura neomexicana ssp.
coloradensis
Rocky Mountain blazing star
Liatris ligulistylis
Pale blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium pallidum
Conservation Status (CNHP)
Federally threatened (G3; S1)
Critically imperiled in Colorado
(G5?; S1,S2)
Imperiled globally (G2; S2)
Conservation status of rare butterfly species
Common Name
Scientific Name
CNHP Conservation Status
Habitat Notes
Colorado blue
Euphilotes rita
coloradensis
Vulnerable to imperiled
across its range; imperiled
in Colorado (T2T3; S2)
Transition zone prairies;
habitat is threatened
Conservation status of significant mammal species
Common Name
Scientific Name
CNHP Conservation Status
CDOW Status
Swift Fox
Vulpes velox
G3 S3
Black-tailed
prairie dog
Cynomys
ludovicianus
G3 S3
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Conservation status of significant grasslands and shrublands bird
Common Name
Mountain plover
Common nighthawk
Burrowing owl
Red-headed woodpecker
Loggerhead shrike
Brewer's sparrow
Lark sparrow
Lark bunting
Vesper sparrow
Savannah sparrow
Grasshopper sparrow
McCown's longspur
Chestnut-collared
longspur
Northern harrier
Short-eared owl
Long-billed curlew
Yellow warbler
Swainson's hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
Peregrine falcon
Prairie falcon
CDOW Status 1
Greatest Conservation
Need
not listed
Greatest Conservation
Need
not listed
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
not listed
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
not listed
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
not listed
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
Greatest Conservation
Need
PIF Designation 4
not listed
Regional Concern
Regional Concern
Continental Concern , Regional
Concern
Regional Concern
Continental Concern , Regional
Concern
Regional Concern
Continental Concern , Regional
Concern
not listed
not listed
Regional Concern
Continental Concern
Regional Concern
Regional Concern
Continental Concern
not listed
Regional Concern
Continental Concern
Regional Concern
not listed
not listed
Regional Concern