PROTECTION STATUS: Threatened
YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 1985
CRITICAL HABITAT: 1,968 acres designated in 1985
RECOVERY PLAN: 1990
RANGE: Endemic to the Ash Meadows area in southwestern Nye County, Nevada and southeastern Inyo County, California
THREATS: Water diversions and groundwater pumping, road construction, off-road vehicles, agriculture, livestock, and feral-horse grazing
POPULATION TREND: Remaining populations of the Ash Meadows gumplant are beginning to stabilize.