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Lost Hills Saltbush (Atriplex vallicola)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Chenopodiaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 160941
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Lost Hills Saltbush (Atriplex vallicola) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Lost Hills Saltbush can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Lost Hills Saltbush (Atriplex vallicola)?

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
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Atriplex coronata var. vallicola in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2967 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Atriplex coronata var. vallicola from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 84 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Atriplex vallicola
Authority Hoover
Family Chenopodiaceae
CPC Number 523
ITIS 20577
USDA ATVA
Duration Annual
Common Names Lost Hills Saltbush | Orach
Associated Scientific Names Atriplex vallicola | Atriplex coronata var. vallicola
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S2
Ecological Relationships

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