Species Details

Eryngium spinosepalum

spiny-sepaled button-celery

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Classification

Scientific Name: Eryngium spinosepalum Math.
Common Name: spiny-sepaled button-celery
Family:	Apiaceae
Element Code:	PDAPI0Z0Y0
USDA Plants Symbol:	ERSP16
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G2
State Rank:	S2
Other Status:	BLM_S; SB_SBBG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1980-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-12-06

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual/perennial herb

Blooming Period: Apr-Jun

Elevation:
80 - 975 meters
260 - 3200 feet

General Habitats:

Valley and foothill grassland
Vernal pools

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Threatened by development, grazing, road maintenance, hydrological alterations, and agriculture. Apparently intergrades with E. castrense, and possibly E. vaseyi.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	15
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	31	29 %
Grazing	17	15%
Agriculture	9	8%
Development	9	8%
Road/trail construction/maint.	8	7%
Dam/Inundation	2	1%
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime	2	1%
ORV activity	2	1%
Other	2	1%
Recreational use (non-ORV)	1	0%
Non-native plant impacts	1	0%
Biocides	1	0%
Erosion/runoff	1	0%
Foot traffic/trampling	1	0%
Surface water diversion	1	0%
Waterway bank protection/maintenance	1	0%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					108
A	B	C	D	X	U
11	16	5	0	4	72

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	73
Recent <=20 Years	35

Presence:
Presumed Extant	104
Possibly Extirpated	3
Presumed Extirpated	1

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Calaveras (CAL), Contra Costa (CCA), Fresno (FRE), Kern (KRN), Madera (MAD), Mariposa (MPA), Merced (MER), San Luis Obispo (SLO), Stanislaus (STA), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Bonita Ranch (3612082), California Valley (3512031), Camatta Ranch (3512043), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Clifton Court Forebay (3712175), Delano East (3511972), Exeter (3611932), Friant (3611986), Giant Forest (3611857), Glennville (3511866), Globe (3611817), Gravelly Ford (3612072), Gustine (3712038), Holland Canyon (3512052), Ivanhoe (3611942), Kaweah (3611848), Kismet (3712011), La Grange (3712064), Lanes Bridge (3611987), Le Grand (3712022), Little Table Mtn. (3711917), Los Banos (3712017), McFarland (3511962), Merced (3712034), Merced Falls (3712053), Millerton Lake East (3711915), Millerton Lake West (3711916), Miramonte (3611961), Monson (3611943), New Melones Dam (3712085), Newman (3712131), Orange Cove North (3611963), Orange Cove South (3611953), Orchard Peak (3512062), Owens Reservoir (3712032), Pacheco Pass (3712112), Patterson (3712142), Pine Mountain (3511857), Plainsburg (3712023), Planada (3712033), Raynor Creek (3712021), Rocky Hill (3611931), Round Mountain (3611975)*, San Luis Dam (3712111), San Luis Ranch (3712027), Sand Canyon (3511868), Santiago Creek (3411983), Simmler (3511938), Snelling (3712054), Success Dam (3611818), Tejon Ranch (3511816), Tucker Mtn. (3611962), Wahtoke (3611964), Woodlake (3611941), Woody (3511867)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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