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Threatened & Endangered SpeciesAmargosa Pupfish - USFWS photo
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge supports 25 plants and animals which are found nowhere
else in the world. Of these unique "endemic species," five are currently listed as endangered
and seven as threatened. The four endangered fish species found on the refuge are Devil's Hole
pupfish, Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, Warm Springs pupfish, and Ash Meadows speckled dace.
One endangered plant occurring on the refuge is the Amargosa niterwort. Six species of plants
are currently listed as threatened: Ash Meadows milk-vetch,, spring-loving centaury plant,
Ash Meadows sunray, Ash Meadows ivesia, Ash Meadows gumplant, and Ash Meadows blazing star.
The Ash Meadows naucorid, an aquatic beetle, is also listed as threatened.
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