Taxon Report

Escobaria chlorantha (Engelm.) Buxb.

desert pincushion

Print Report

Classification


Scientific Name:	Escobaria chlorantha (Engelm.) Buxb.
Common Name:	desert pincushion
Family:	Cactaceae
Element Code:	PDCAC040J0
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:	Coryphantha chlorantha (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial stem
Blooming Period: Apr-Sep	Apr-Sep
Elevation:	45-1705 (150-5595)
General Habitats:	Joshua tree "woodland", Mojavean desert scrub, Pinyon and juniper woodland
Microhabitat:	Carbonate, Gravelly, Rocky
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.1
Global Rank:	G3
State Rank:	S3
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:	changed from 2.1 to 2B.1 on 2013-06-12 changed from 2.2 to 2.1 on 2009-03-10 added to 2.2 on 2006-11-08

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	88
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	3
Good (B)	31
Fair (C)	18
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	36

Location


California Endemic: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Inyo (INY), San Bernardino (SBD)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Clark Mtn. (3511555), Columbia Mtn. (3511514), East of Kingston Peak (3511567), Echo Canyon (3611646), Grotto Hills (3511522), Halloran Springs (3511538), Hart Peak (3511531), Horse Thief Springs (3511578), Ivanpah Lake (3511554), Kingston Spring (3511558), Lees Camp (3611656), Mescal Range (3511545), Mesquite Lake (3511565), Mesquite Mountains (3511566), Mid Hills (3511524), Mineral Hill (3511544), Parker (3411423), Solomons Knob (3511547), State Line Pass (3511564), Turquoise Mtn. (3511548), Valley Wells (3511546)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	13
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	54	61 %
ORV activity	26	29%
Development	22	25%
Non-native animal impacts	14	15%
Non-native plant impacts	14	15%
Mining	13	14%
Other	9	10%
Road/trail construction/maint.	6	6%
Vandalism/dumping/litter	4	4%
Foot traffic/trampling	3	3%
Grazing	3	3%
Over-collecting/poaching	2	2%
Logging	1	1%
Erosion/runoff	1	1%

Notes



Threatened by road construction, pipeline construction, and solar and wind energy development. See Cact. 4: 43 (1923) for original description.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

CRPR List Addition on 2006-11-08

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].