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5 Hamlin Valley pyrg

(Pyrgulopsis hamlinensis)
Type: Mollusk
13 1 Where: West desert springs
Habitat: One small complex of springs
2 0.5 km east of White Rock Cabin
13 3 3 Springs in Hamlin Valley, Beaver County. Photo by James L. Reveal
Frisco buckwheat
4 6 Longitudinal gland pyrg (Eriogonum soredium)
(Pyrgulopsis anguina)
6 9 7 8 Where: Beaver County
Type: Mollusk Habitat: Sagebrush and juniper
5 13 Where: West desert springs communities on white limestone
9 10 11 13 Habitat: Known in only two springs in outcrops.
Snake Valley on Utah-Nevada border.
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1 Gibbens’ penstemon
(Penstemon gibbensii)
Where: Daggett County
Habitat: Shaly slopes and bluffs along the
Green River.
Photo by Ben Franklin, Utah Natural
2 Hamilton’s milkvetch Heritage Program Photo by Tony Frates, Utah Native
(Astragalus hamiltonii) Isely’s milkvetch Plant Society
Where: Western Uintah County (Astragalus iselyi) Ostler’s pepperplant
Habitat: Pinyon-juniper and desert shrub Where: Grand and San Juan counties (Lepidium ostleri)
communities. Habitat: Pinyon-juniper and desert Where: Beaver County
shrub communities. Habitat: Pinyon-juniper
3 communities in crevices in
8 limestone outcrops.
12 Pipe Springs cryptanth
(Cryptantha semiglabra)
Where: Washington County
Habitat: Clay soils in mixed desert
shrubs, sagebrush and
pinyon-juniper communities.
Photo by James Spencer
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Flowers’ Penstemon Photo by Tony Frates, Utah Native
Plant Society
(Penstemon flowersii)
Where: Duchesne and Uintah counties Cisco milkvetch
(Astragalus sabulosus)
Habitat: Shadscale, horsebrush, ephedra, Where: Grand County
mat-saltbush, galleta and rabbitbrush
communities in clay badlands or breaks. Habitat: Salt desert shrub Photo by Krissy Wilson, Utah Division
communities. of Wildlife Resources

4 Sub-globose snake pyrg 9 Frisco clover Northern leatherside

(Pyrgulopsis saxatilis) (Trifolium friscanum) chub
Type: Mollusk (Lepidomeda copei)
Where: Beaver and Millard counties
Where: West desert springs Habitat: Volcanic gravels and Type: fish
Habitat: Entirely endemic to Warm limestone in pinyon-juniper woods. Where: Southeastern Bonneville
Springs, Snake Valley, Millard County. Basin
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