CNDDB News Blog

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 92,720
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 360
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,505

What we've been working on:

Botany

• Amsinckia lunaris (bent-flowered fiddleneck)
• Astragalus rattanii var. jepsonianus (Jepson’s milk-vetch)
• Balsamorhiza macrolepis (big-scale balsamroot)
• Calystegia collina ssp. tridactylosa (three-fingered morning-glory)
• Castilleja rubicundula var. rubicundula (pink creamsacs)
• Centromadia parryi ssp. congdonii (Congdon's tarplant)
• Ceanothus roderickii (Pine Hill ceanothus)
• Cuscuta jepsonii (Jepson’s dodder)
• Dithyrea maritima (beach spectaclepod)
• Extriplex joaquinana (San Joaquin spearscale)
• Fritillaria biflora var. ineziana (Hillsborough chocolate lily)
• Gilia capitata ssp. pacifica (Pacific gilia)
• Harmonia hallii (Hall's harmonia)
• Hesperolinon drymarioides (drymaria-like western flax)
• Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (Howell’s lewisia)
• Monolopia gracilens (woodland woollythreads)
• Montia howellii (Howell's montia)
• Navarretia nigelliformis ssp. radians (shining navarretia)
• Sanicula saxatilis (rock sanicle)
• Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. parishii (Parish's checkerbloom)

Zoology

• Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl)
• Callophrys mossii marinensis (Marin elfin butterfly)
• Entosphenus lethophagus (Pit-Klamath brook lamprey)
• Entosphenus similis (Klamath River lamprey)
• Euphydryas editha quino (quino checkerspot butterfly)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)
• Taxidea taxus (American badger)

Here's what's new since January:

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 92,390
Number of Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 250
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,950

Species we’ve been working on:

Botany

• Anemone multifida var. multifida (cut-leaf anemone)
• Ayenia compacta (California ayenia)
• Brodiaea filifolia (thread-leaved brodiaea)
• Centromadia parryi ssp. australis (southern tarplant)
• Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum (salt marsh bird's-beak)
• Chorizanthe xanti var. leucotheca (white-bracted spineflower)
• Cymopterus multinervatus (purple-nerve cymopterus)
• Dodecahema leptoceras (slender-horned spineflower)
• Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum (Santa Ana River woollystar)
• Euphorbia ocellata ssp. rattanii (Stony Creek spurge)
• Fremontodendron mexicanum (Mexican flannelbush)
• Lessingia micradenia var. glabrata (smooth lessingia)
• Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (Howell's lewisia)
• Penstemon sudans (Susanville beardtongue)
• Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus (most beautiful jewelflower)

Zoology

• Callophrys mossii bayensis (San Bruno elfin butterfly)
• Callophrys mossii marinensis (Marin elfin butterfly)
• Cottus klamathensis klamathensis (Upper Klamath marbled sculpin)
• Cottus klamathensis polyporus (Lower Klamath marbled sculpin)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

We’ve also released an updated Special Plants List – find out what’s been added and download a new copy. We’ll be updating the animals next – stay tuned!

Happy (belated) New Year! One of our resolutions is to work on improving our outreach to users, whether data submitters, subscribers, or the general public. As such, we will be using the CNDDB News blog to share more information about who we are and what we do.

For starters, here’s a summary for January 2019:

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 92,053
Number of Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 432
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,855

And here are some of the species we’ve been working on:

Botany

• Ayenia compacta (California ayenia)
• Cascadia nuttallii (Nuttall's saxifrage)
• Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense (San Luis Obispo fountain thistle)
• Cryptantha crymophila (subalpine cryptantha)
• Dudleya abramsii ssp. setchellii (Santa Clara Valley dudleya)
• Ferocactus viridescens (San Diego barrel cactus)
• Geraea viscida (sticky geraea)
• Lycium exsertum (Arizona desert-thorn)
• Oreonana vestita (woolly mountain-parsley)
• Pedicularis dudleyi (Dudley's lousewort)
• Potentilla morefieldii (Morefield's cinquefoil)
• Rhynchospora capitellata (brownish beaked-rush)
• Salvia munzii (Munz's sage)
• Streptanthus campestris (southern jewelflower)

Zoology

• Anniella spp. (legless lizards)
• Cottus klamathensis klamathensis (Upper Klamath marbled sculpin)
• Dipodomys venustus (Narrow-faced kangaroo rat)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Please check back regularly for more updates!