Cuyamaca Rockcress (Boechera hirshbergiae)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Brassicaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 129598
Lifeform: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Cuyamaca Rockcress (Boechera hirshbergiae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Cuyamaca Rockcress can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Cuyamaca Rockcress (Boechera hirshbergiae)?

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

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, San Diego Zoo Global holds 1 accessions of Boechera hirshbergiae in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 1 seed accessions of Boechera hirshbergiae from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants