Hairy Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia pilosa)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Poaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 153668
Lifeform: Graminoid
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

densely tufted annual

Where is Hairy Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia pilosa) located in the wild?

Habitat:

grows only in the basins and margins of vernal pools of the Central Valley of California

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Hairy Orcutt Grass can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Hairy Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia pilosa)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Orcuttia pilosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 716 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

01/01/2010

habitat loss and degradation due to urbanization agricultural land conversion livestock grazing off-highway project altered hydrology landfill projects competition from weedy nonnative plants