Mucronate Orcutt Grass (Tuctoria mucronata)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Poaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 152644
Lifeform: Graminoid
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Mucronate Orcutt Grass (Tuctoria mucronata) located in the wild?

Habitat:

vernal pools

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Mucronate Orcutt Grass can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Mucronate Orcutt Grass (Tuctoria mucronata)?

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 Tuctoria mucronata in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 5064 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

01/01/2010

sheep grazing transmission line alien plants are taking over vernal pools are being herbicided by TNC