Species Details

Atriplex tularensis

Bakersfield smallscale

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Scientific Name:
Atriplex tularensis Cov.
Common Name:
Bakersfield smallscale
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Element Code: PDCHE04240
USDA Plants Symbol: ATTU
Synonyms/Other Names:
CA Rare Plant Rank: 1A
Fed List: None
State List: CE (1987-01-01)
Global Rank: GX
State Rank:
SX
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:
changed from 1B.1 to 1A on 2011-04-20
Add Date: 1974-01-01
Date Edited: 2023-11-08
Lifeform: annual herb
Blooming Period: Jun-Oct
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Elevation:
90 - 200 meters
295 - 655 feet
General Habitats:
  • Chenopod scrub
Microhabitat Details:
Microhabitat:
Notes:
Two historical occurrences extirpated by agriculture; only remaining occurrence at Kern Lake Preserve is presumed extirpated and is likely an undescribed form of A. serenana, not A. tularensis as previously thought. See Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 4:182 (1893) for original description, and Fremontia 19(2):15-18 (1991) for species account and discussion of management.
Threats:
Threatened by habitat loss, lowering of water table, and hybridization with A. serenana.
Taxonomy:
Threat List Total: 4
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 3 100 %
THREAT LIST:
Agriculture 3 100%
Groundwater pumping 1 33%
Hybridization 1 33%
Other 1 33%
Total Occurrences: 3
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
0 0 0 0 3 0
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 3
Recent <=20 Years 0
Presence:
Presumed Extant 0
Possibly Extirpated 0
Presumed Extirpated 3
California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
California (CA)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Kern (KRN)*
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Coal Oil Canyon (3511911)?*, Gosford (3511931)*, Lamont (3511838), Weed Patch (3511828)*
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.
Presumed Extant
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