CNDDB News Blog

The "Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants List (PDF)," "Endangered and Threatened Animals List (PDF)," Special Animals List (PDF)," and "Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens (PDF)" have all been updated. No changes to federal Endangered Species Act listing status have occurred since the previous updates, but the following taxa have been declared candidates for listing under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA):

• Northern California Summer Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus)
• Crotch bumble bee (Bombus crotchii)
• Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus franklini)
• Suckley cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus suckleyi)
• Western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis occidentalis)

Links to the T&E and Special Plants/Animals lists can be found on the CNDDB Plants and Animals web page. More information about state listing can be found at the California Fish and Game Commission CESA website.

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,544
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 314
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 208
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,111

Taxa we've been working on:

Botany

• Astragalus umbraticus (Bald Mountain milk-vetch)
• Atriplex coronata var. vallicola (Lost Hills crownscale)
• Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern)
• Cardamine angulata (seaside bittercress)
• Ceanothus impressus var. impressus (Santa Barbara ceanothus)
• Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis (Nipomo Mesa ceanothus)
• Delphinium luteum (golden larkspur)
• Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii (San Diego button-celery)
• Leptosiphon jepsonii (Jepson’s leptosiphon) Navarretia miwukensis (Mi-Wuk navarretia)
• Packera bolanderi var. bolanderi (seacoast ragwort)
• Piperia candida (white-flowered rein orchid)
• Senecio aphanactis (chaparral ragwort)

Zoology

• Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz long toed salamander)
• Catostomus platyrhynchus (mountain sucker)
• Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus (Bay Area snowy plover)
• Emys marmorata (Mojave River pond turtles)
• Euphydryas editha quino (quino checkerspot butterfly)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,015
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 208
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 315
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,509

Taxa we've been working on:

Botany

• Agave shawii var. shawii (Shaw's agave)
• Astragalus claranus (Clara Hunt’s milk-vetch)
• Botrychium minganense (Mingan moonwort)
• Calochortus palmeri var. munzii (San Jacinto mariposa-lily)
• Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle)
• Croton wigginsii (Wiggins' croton)
• Howellia aquatilis (water howellia)
• Iliamna latibracteata (California globe mallow)
• Linanthus orcuttii (Orcutt’s linanthus)
• Mentzelia tridentata (creamy blazing star)
• Monardella undulata ssp. crispa (crisp monardella)
• Oreostemma elatum (tall alpine-aster)
• Penstemon filiformis (thread-leaved beardtongue)
• Penstemon personatus (closed-throated beardtongue)
• Puccinellia simplex (California alkali grass)
• Scutellaria bolanderi ssp. austromontana (southern mountain skullcap)
• Stellaria longifolia (long-leaved starwort)
• Utricularia intermedia (flat-leaved bladderwort)

Zoology

• Catostomus platyrhynchus (mountain sucker)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti (Kern River rainbow trout)
• Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)