Native to Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13131

April 19, 2016

Location

United States, California, Inyo (Big Pine)

37.172528, -118.2165

Location Remarks

North Death Valley Rd. ca. 5 km E of junction of Hwy 168 and Waucoba-Eureka Rd. Elev. 1242 m.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Charlotte M. Taylor

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Gnetopsida

Order

Ephedrales

Family

Ephedraceae

Genus

Ephedra

Specific Epithet

viridis

Authorship

Coville

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#957 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 1 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →