Genetically informed seed transfer zones for Pleuraphis jamesii, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, and Sporobolus cryptandrus across the Colorado Plateau and adjacent regions

These data were compiled to provide seed transfer and native plant materials development guidance to managers and practitioners across the Colorado Plateau and in adjacent regions. This data release contains empirical seed transfer zones derived from molecular genetic data for Pleuraphis jamesii (syn. Hilaria jamesii), Sphaeralcea parvifolia, and Sporobolus cryptandrus. Pleuraphis jamesii and Sphaeralcea parvifolia show distinct population structure (i.e., genetic differentiation) across their ranges ; as such, seed transfer zones reflect both patterns of genetic differentiation and information on each species' unique adaptations to climatic gradients. Sporobolus cryptandrus did not display discrete population structure...

Tags: Arizona, Botany, California, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, All tags... Ecology, Genetics, Geography, Information Sciences, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pleuraphis jamesii (syn. Hilaria jamesii), Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wyoming, adaptation, biogeography, biota, climatic gradients, differentiation, environmental restoration, flora restoration, genetic differentiation, genetic diversity, genetic resources, genetic variation, molecular genetic data, native plant, population differentiation, restoration, seed accessions, seed strategies, seed transfer, seed transfer zones, Fewer tags

Terrestrial Ecosystems and Restoration Science Project

As restoration needs for natural landscapes grow due to higher frequency and/or intensity disturbances, pressure from invasive species, and impacts resulting from changing climates, considerable time and resources are being invested to guide the development and deployment of native plant materials (NPMs). Across lower elevations of the Colorado Plateau, a region composed primarily of public land where arid conditions make restoration especially challenging, NPM coordination has been spearheaded the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program (CPNPP) since 2009. To help CPNPP achieve its vision of healthy and resilient native plant communities, the Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC)...

Tags: Arizona, California, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Kansas, All tags... Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pleuraphis jamesii (syn. Hilaria jamesii), Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, adaptation, biogeography, biota, climatic gradients, differentiation, environmental restoration, flora restoration, genetic differentiation, genetic diversity, genetic resources, genetic variation, molecular genetic data, native plant, population differentiation, restoration, seed accessions, seed strategies, seed transfer, seed transfer zones, Fewer tags

Disturbance, energy, climate partitions, cultivars and species habitat data for the Colorado Plateau and environs

These data were compiled to support and inform the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program and to guide future management action when selecting regions to collect and increase seed for native plant materials development. The objective of our study was to develop geospatial datasets to aid land managers and restoration practitioners in identifying areas that will need to be restored in the future (currently disturbed) as well as areas to source new native plant materials for propagation with increased climate similarity to these areas across the Colorado Plateau, Arizona/New Mexico Mountains, and Arizona/New Mexico Plateaus. These data represent species distribution models for 12 high priority...

Tags: Achnatherum hymenoides, Arizona, Arizona/New Mexico Mountains, Arizona/New Mexico Plateaus, Astragalus lonchocarpus, All tags... Botany, Bouteloua gracilis, Cleome lutea, Cleome serrulata, Climatology, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Elymus elymoides, Four Corners Region, Geography, Heliomeris multiflora, Heterotheca villosa, Information Sciences, Intermountain Region, Intermountain West, Machaeranthera canescens, New Mexico, Pleuraphis jamesii, Southwest, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolous cryptandrus, US Southwest, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, bioclimatic variables, biodiversity, biogeography, bioremediation, biota, climate change, climate partitioning models, climate similarity, climatic suitability, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, coal mine, data release, disturbance data, disturbed areas, ecological processes, energy production, energy resources, fires, gas well, germplasms, grazing, habitat alteration and disturbance, landscape level disturbances, modeling, native plant material, native plant material suitability, native plant restoration, native species, natural gas pipeline, natural gas resources, natural resource management, oil well, plant species, plants (organisms), priority restoration species, restoration, seed collection, seed sourcing, source locations, species distribution models, species habitat, species occurrence data, specimen collecting, suitable habitat, wildfires, Fewer tags