Sacramento Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia viscida)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Poaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 135027
Lifeform: Graminoid
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

densely tufted annual

Where is Sacramento Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia viscida) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Sacramento Orcutt Grass can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Sacramento Orcutt Grass (Orcuttia viscida)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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 viscida in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 123718 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.