Population Monitoring of Beaver Mountain Groundsel

Authors

Autumn Gudmundsen, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Loreen Allphin, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTFollow
Madison Huie, Brigham Young University - Provo
Steve Flinders, Brigham Young University - Provo

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Keywords

rare plants, alpine, monitoring, conservation

Abstract

2nd Place Poster Design

• Beaver Mountain groundsel, Packera castoreus, is a rare flowering plant, endemic to the Tushar Mountains of Utah (fig.1 & 2).

• P. castoreus has been classified as high priority for monitoring and conservation by the Utah Native Plant Society1.

• The plants in the Tushars are some of the least studied in Utah.

• There have been conservation concerns for rare alpine species recently due to increased threats. Threats to this species include:

• Grazing from large ungulates (mountain goats, deer, & elk)2

• Human impacts, especially hiking1

• Climate change1

• To better understand the impacts of these various threats on P. castoreus, we monitored populations from 2018-2022 and assessed plant morphology, community composition, and population data.

• This research is part of a larger project on rare plant communities in the Tushars and provides analysis of one of the rare plant species of the project’s focus.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Gudmundsen, Autumn; Allphin, Loreen; Huie, Madison; and Flinders, Steve, "Population Monitoring of Beaver Mountain Groundsel" (2024). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2024. 21.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2024/21

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2024-03-21

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

University Standing at Time of Publication

Junior

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