CNDDB News Blog

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!