Species Details

Eryngium montereyense

Fort Ord button-celery

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Classification

Scientific Name: Eryngium montereyense D. W. Taylor & R. E. Preston
Common Name: Fort Ord button-celery
Family:	Apiaceae
Element Code:	PDAPI0Z150
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.1
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G1
State Rank:	S1
Other Status:
CRPR Changes: added to 1B.1 on 2023-03-15
Add Date:	2023-02-08
Date Edited:	2024-03-06

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial herb

Blooming Period: Mar-May

Elevation:
120 - 180 meters
395 - 590 feet

General Habitats:

Vernal pools

Microhabitat Details: Occurs in vernally moist swales and vernal pools in valley and foothill grassland surrounded by chaparral (maritime) and coast live oak woodland, on marine sedimentary substrate.

Microhabitat:

Sandy
Vernally Mesic

Notes

Notes:
Threats: Threatened by military activities
Taxonomy: Previously identified as E. armatum, an upland species; differs from E. armatum in having pinnately to bipinnately lobed leaves.

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:					5
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	5

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	0
Recent <=20 Years	5

Presence:
Presumed Extant	5
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Monterey (MNT)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Marina (3612167), Salinas (3612166), Seaside (3612157)

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 addition to CRPR 1B.1, G1 / S1 (2023)
Original Description:	Phytoneuron 2022-45: 1–8 (2022)