Native to Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Inyo
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Gnetopsida
Order
Ephedrales
Family
Ephedraceae
Genus
Ephedra
Specific Epithet
viridis
Authorship
Coville
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
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 →