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Lappula occidentalis (flatspine stickseed; flat-spine sheepburr; western sticktight)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata (Flatspine stickseed)
Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Biennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arches National Park II 76539 Utah, United States
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Natural Bridges National Monument III 7412 Utah, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

Predators

Dipodomys spectabilis (banner-tailed kangaroo rat)[2]
Perognathus flavescens (plains pocket mouse)[2]
Perognathus flavus (silky pocket mouse)[2]
Xerospermophilus spilosoma (spotted ground squirrel)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0