CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Ceanothus ophiochilus
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Ceanothus ophiochilus is Not Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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This species was only recently discovered in 1989. This member of the buckthorn family has small, thick, narrow leaves and blue of lavender flowers. It is only found on 20 acres near Vail Lake in Riverside County, California and it grows near an ancient volcano cone on soil rich in pyroxenite. This soil is extremely unusual and no other Ceanothus lives in it. Unfortunately, at the time of its discovery the site was owned by a developer and is still threatened by the potential for development.
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References |
Reiser, C.H. 1994. Rare Plants of San Diego County. Imperial Beach, CA: Aquafir Press. |
Skinner, M.W.; Pavlik, B.M. 1997. Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California: Electronic Inventory Update of 1994, 5th edition. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
James C. Hickman, Editor. 1993 The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1400p. |
CDFG. (2002). California's Plants and Animals, Threatened and Endangered Plants. List and Species Accounts. California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/teplant/teplanta.shtml. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. 1995. Proposed endangered and threatened status for four chaparral plants from southwestern California and northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Federal Register. 60, 190: 51443-51452. |
USFWS. 1998. Endangered or threatened status for three plants from the chaparral and scrub of southwestern California. Federal Register. 63, 197: 54956-54971. |
Murkland, Pat. 1991 Wednesday, August 14. Botanists find new plant species. The Press-Enterprise; Inland Southern California. B. B-1 & B-8. |
Dudek & Associates, Inc. 1999. Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) (Riverside County Integrated Plan (RCIP)) ôDraft Proposalö. Riverside, CA: County of Riverside Transportation and Land Management Agency. p.165. Draft Proposal. |
KEA Environmental, Inc. 2001. Biological Resources Technical Report for the Valley Rainbow Interconnect. San Diego, CA: San Diego Gas & Electric Company. |
Leslie, T.A. 1991. Sensitive Species of Vail Lake Specific Plan Area No. 275. Prepared by John Minch and Associates, Inc. in San Juan Capistrano, CA for California Fish and Game Commission in Sacramento, CA. |
Shaffer, K. 1993. Status Report to the Fish and Game Commission on the status of Vail Lake ceanothus (Ceanothus ophiochilus). California Fish and Game Commision: Natural Heritage Division. Unpublished. Status Report #93-3. |
Stephenson, John R.; Calcarone, Gena M. 1999. Southern California Mountains and Foothills Assessment: Habitat and Species Conservation Issues. Chapter 5 - Potentially Vulnerable Species: Plants. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. p.402. General Technical report PSW-GTR-172. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |