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Baja Rose (Rosa minutifolia)

  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 146633
  • Lifeform: Subshrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Baja Rose (Rosa minutifolia) located in the wild?

Habitat:

dense thicket

Distribution:

NA

States & Provinces:

Baja Rose can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Baja Rose (Rosa minutifolia)?

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global holds 1 accessions of Rosa minutifolia in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 3 accessions of Rosa minutifolia in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 709 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, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 1 seed accessions of Rosa minutifolia from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 45 maternal plants

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Rosa minutifolia from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

  • 01/01/2010

Pardee Homes wants to build a road through the habitat Baja is also threatened by development

  • 01/01/2010

1 small stand in southwest San Diego County, CA 1 larger population which grows in a narrow ribbon along the coast of Baja, CA 1 clone in the U.S., also in Baja and common inland in Mexico

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Nomenclature
Taxon Rosa minutifolia
Authority Engelm.
Family Rosaceae
CPC Number 6518
ITIS 504824
USDA ROMI80
Duration Perennial
Common Names Baja Rose | Small Leaved Rose | Western Rose
Associated Scientific Names Rosa minutifolia | Hesperhodos minutifolius
Distribution NA
State Rank
State State Rank
California SX
Ecological Relationships

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