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!