Species Details

Mortonia utahensis

Utah mortonia

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Classification

Scientific Name: Mortonia utahensis (Coville ex Gray) A. Nels.
Common Name: Utah mortonia
Family:	Celastraceae
Element Code:	PDCEL09030
USDA Plants Symbol:	MOUT
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.3
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G4G5
State Rank:	S3?
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	2001-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-03-01

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial evergreen shrub

Blooming Period: Mar-May

Elevation:
760 - 2100 meters
2495 - 6890 feet

General Habitats:

Joshua tree "woodland"
Mojavean desert scrub
Pinyon and juniper woodland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Carbonate

Notes

Notes: See Synoptical Flora of North America 1(1):400 (1897) for original description, and Botanical Gazette 47:427 (1909) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	0 %

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

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

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	0
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	0
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Texas (TX), Utah (UT)

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

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Clark Mtn. (3511555), East of Echo Canyon (3611645), Echo Canyon (3611646), Fall Canyon (3611772), Horse Thief Springs (3511578), Ivanpah Lake (3511554), Mesquite Lake (3511565), Mesquite Mountains (3511566), North of Tecopa Pass (3511681), Pachalka Spring (3511556), State Line Pass (3511564), Thimble Peak (3611771), Twelvemile Spring (3611612)

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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