Plant Endemism on Mancos Shale Barrens

Agriculture & Biology

• shale 100%
• indigenous species 59%
• Physaria 43%
• serpentine soils 35%
• soil water characteristic 34%
• soil chemistry 32%
• vascular plants 24%
• chemistry 21%
• soil water 19%
• monitoring 14%
• habitats 13%
• soil 11%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• endemism 83%
• shale 54%
• structural component 29%
• soil chemistry 29%
• shallow soil 28%
• vascular plant 26%
• plant species 20%
• soil 19%
• soil moisture 19%
• moisture 17%
• substrate 16%
• habitat 14%
• need 12%
• monitoring 12%
• effect 5%