Taxon Report

Grusonia parishii (Orcutt) Pinkava

Parish's club-cholla

Print Report

© 2012 James M. Andre

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:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial stem
Blooming Period: May-Jun(Jul)	May-Jun(Jul)
Elevation:	300-1524 (985-5000)
General Habitats:	Joshua tree "woodland", Mojavean desert scrub, Sonoran desert scrub
Microhabitat:	Rocky, Sandy
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.2
Global Rank:	G3G4
State Rank:	S2
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:	changed from 2.2 to 2B.2 on 2013-06-12 changed from 2.3 to 2.2 on 2009-03-10 added to 2.3 on 2007-03-20

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	45
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	4
Good (B)	10
Fair (C)	7
Poor (D)	6
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	18

Location


California Endemic: False
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)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	10
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	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%

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:

Selected References

CRPR List Addition on 2007-03-20

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].