Species Details

Berberis fremontii

Fremont barberry

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Classification

Scientific Name: Berberis fremontii Torr.
Common Name: Fremont barberry
Family:	Berberidaceae
Element Code:	PDBER06060
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names: Mahonia higginsiae (Munz) Ahrent

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.3
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G5
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes: changed from 3 to 2B.3 on 2014-04-30
Add Date:	1980-01-01
Date Edited:	2023-05-02

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial evergreen shrub

Blooming Period: Mar-May

Elevation:
1145 - 1720 meters
3755 - 5645 feet

General Habitats:

Joshua tree "woodland"
Pinyon and juniper woodland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Granitic (sometimes)
Rocky

Notes

Notes: Previously CRPR 3. Includes CA plants previously treated as B. haematocarpa. Overlaps morphologically with B. higginsiae in the Peninsular Ranges. Definitive study needed. See Report on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, p. 30 (1859) by W. Emory for original description, and Phytologia 52:221-226 (1982) for relationship between Berberis and Mahonia.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	%
No threats

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					17
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	17

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	8
Recent <=20 Years	9

Presence:
Presumed Extant	17
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), Baja California (BA), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Sonora, Mexico (SO), Utah (UT)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
San Bernardino (SBD)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Big Bear City (3411637)*, Bighorn Basin (3411576), Castle Peaks (3511532), Cima (3511525), Ivanpah (3511533), Mid Hills (3511524), Pinto Valley (3511523), Yucca Valley North (3411624)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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Selected References

CNPS Status Review:

Proposed Rank Change from CRPR 3, G5 / S2? to 2B.3, G5 / S2S3 2014-04-30