Species Details

Grusonia parishii

Parish's club-cholla

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Classification

Scientific Name: Grusonia parishii (Orcutt) Pinkava
Common Name: Parish's club-cholla
Family:	Cactaceae
Element Code:	PDCAC0D2H0
USDA Plants Symbol:	GRPA11
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G3G4
State Rank:	S2
Other Status:
CRPR Changes: added to 2.3 on 2007-03-20
Add Date:	2007-03-20
Date Edited:	2022-01-05

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial stem

Blooming Period: May-Jun(Jul)

Elevation:
300 - 1524 meters
985 - 5000 feet

General Habitats:

Joshua tree "woodland"
Mojavean desert scrub
Sonoran desert scrub

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Rocky
Sandy

Notes

Notes: Threatened by solar energy development. See Opuntia parishii in The Jepson Manual (1993). See West Amer. Sci. 10:1 (1896) for original description and J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32: 50 (1999) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	10
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	26	58 %
ORV activity	15	33%
Development	12	26%
Mining	7	15%
Non-native animal impacts	4	8%
Grazing	4	8%
Recreational use (non-ORV)	4	8%
Vandalism/dumping/litter	2	4%
Road/trail construction/maint.	1	2%
Other	1	2%
Over-collecting/poaching	1	2%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					45
A	B	C	D	X	U
4	10	7	6	0	18

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	10
Recent <=20 Years	35

Presence:
Presumed Extant	45
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Nevada (NV), Texas (TX)?

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

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Buzzard Spring (3311575), Castle Peaks (3511532), Cima Dome (3511535), Crescent Peak (3511542), Grotto Hills (3511522), Hackberry Mountain (3511512), Hart Peak (3511531), Indian Cove (3411612), Ivanpah (3511533), Ivanpah Lake (3511554), Joshua Tree North (3411623), Malapai Hill (3311681), Mescal Range (3511545), Mesquite Lake (3511565), Mineral Hill (3511544), Queen Mtn. (3411611), State Line Pass (3511564), Valley Wells (3511546)

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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CNPS Rare Plant Inventory