Steamboat buckwheat

Photo By/Credit

Robyn Gerstenslager/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/30/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Steamboat buckwheat is federally listed as endangered. This plant is in the buckwheat family and is found on approximately 50 acres in the Steamboat Hot Springs area of Washoe County, Nevada. This buckwheat grows in soil that has developed from past thermal spring flows. Land development and changes in moisture availability continue to pose challenges to recovery. Credit: Robyn Gerstenslager/USFWS