Taxon Report

Colubrina californica Jtn.

Las Animas colubrina

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Classification


Scientific Name:	Colubrina californica Jtn.
Common Name:	Las Animas colubrina
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Element Code:	PDRHA05030
USDA Plants Symbol:	COCA18
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial deciduous shrub
Blooming Period: Apr-Jun	Apr-Jun
Elevation:	10-1000 (35-3280)
General Habitats:	Mojavean desert scrub, Sonoran desert scrub
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.3
Global Rank:	G4
State Rank:	S2S3
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:	changed from 2.3 to 2B.3 on 2013-06-12

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	38
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	3
Good (B)	2
Fair (C)	5
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	28

Location


California Endemic: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Imperial (IMP), Riverside (RIV)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Arlington Mine (3311478), Augustine Pass (3311543), Buzzard Spring (3311575), Chuckwalla Spring (3311542), Corn Spring (3311563), Desert Center (3311564), East of Red Canyon (3311555), East of Victory Pass (3311573), Ford Dry Lake (3311561), Hayfield (3311566), Hayfield Spring (3311565), Inca (3311477), Iris Pass (3311544), Little Maria Mts. (3311488), Little Picacho Peak (3211485), McCoy Peak (3311467), McCoy Spring (3311468), Pegleg Well (3311532), Picacho Peak (3211486), Pilot Mountain (3311553), Porcupine Wash (3311577)?*, Quartz Peak (3311417), Red Canyon (3311556), Red Cloud Canyon (3311554), Styx (3311487), Victory Pass (3311574)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	5
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	10	26 %
Development	8	21%
ORV activity	7	18%
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime	4	10%
Non-native plant impacts	3	7%
Erosion/runoff	1	2%

Notes



Threatened by vehicles and solar energy development. See Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences IV 12:1085 (1924) for original description, and Brittonia 23:36 (1971) for distributional information.
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Selected References

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 25 December 2024].