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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The recent New Mexico Rare Plant Conservation Strategy identifies several “Important Plant Areas” – including an interactive map.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/ForestMgt/NewMexicoRarePlantConservationStategy.html">http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/ForestMgt/NewMexicoRarePlantConservationStategy.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>bmacbryde@netscape.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 7, 2020 1:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bruce_Young@natureserve.org; native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the conterminous US?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div id=yiv1885822656><div><div><div id=yiv1885822656><div><div><div id=yiv1885822656><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Several useful older references are:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>MacBryde, B. 1979. Plant conservation in North America: Developing structure. Pp. 105-109 in I. Hedberg (ed.), <i>Systematic Botany, Plant Utilization </i></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> and Biosphere Conservation</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, Sweden. 159 pp.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Maina, S.L., and J. Villa-Lobos. 1997. Regional overview: North America. Pp. 39-62 in S.D. Davis, V.H. Heywood, O. Herrera-MacBryde, J. Villa-Lobos, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>and A.C. Hamilton (eds.), <i>Centres of Plant Diversity: A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation, Vol. 3: The Americas</i>. WWF and IUCN: IUCN </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Publications Unit, Cambridge, England, U.K. 562 pp.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Stein, B.A., L.S. Kutner, and J.S. Adams (eds.). 2000. <i>Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States</i>. The Nature Conservancy and </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Association for Biodiversity Information: Oxford University Press, New York. 399 pp.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>In CPD3, the 32 pertinent U.S. sites identified as centers of plant diversity and endemism are listed in Table 15 (p. 50); they are discussed in an overview on pp. 49-57. Those for the conterminous USA are NA12-NA14, NA16a, NA16c-NA16g, NA17-NA38, and MA11. Detailed treatment</span><span style='color:black'>s (including maps) </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>are given (pp. 63-96, and pp. 172-180) for NA16 (California Floristic Province), NA16c (Klamath-Siskiyou region), NA16e (Serpentine flora [western]) and NA25 (Serpentine flora [eastern]), NA16g (Vernal pools), NA29 (Central Highlands of Florida), NA32 (Edwards Plateau, Texas), and MA11 (Apachian/Madrean region of SW North America).</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bruce, I'll email you separately with a copy of my 1979 paper. You may also want to contact Dr. John Kartesz, whose BONAP database could give you an update for the information on plant endemism. His website is </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.bonap.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bonap.org/</a> </span><span style='color:black'>and contact info in NC: </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"New","serif";color:black;background:#FFFCCB'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:jkartesz@bonap.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"New","serif";background:#FFFCCB'>jkartesz@bonap.org</span></a> </span><span style='color:black'>tel. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:#FFFCCB'>(919) 967-6240.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Glad you are still at it!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bruce MacBryde, PhD</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>BioConservation Support <br>P.O. Box 208 <br>Drake, CO 80515-0208 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Bruce Young <Bruce_Young@natureserve.org><br>To: native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org <native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org><br>Sent: Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 7:03 am<br>Subject: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the US?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv1885822656><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m working on a paper that describes areas with concentrations of unprotected, range-restricted species in the conterminous US states. The analysis includes both animals and plants. I’d like to compare our results to those of previous studies. I can identify several studies of priority conservation areas that include a variety of animal groups, but surprisingly couldn’t find any paper describing priority areas for plant conservation in a quick Google Scholar search. There must be such studies out there. Can anyone point me to them?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Bruce E. 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