Coyote Ceanothus (Ceanothus ferrisiae)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Rhamnaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 129051
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

perennial evergreen shrub

Where is Coyote Ceanothus (Ceanothus ferrisiae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Coyote Ceanothus can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Coyote Ceanothus (Ceanothus ferrisiae)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 02/09/18

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/09/18

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/09/18

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

Center for Plant Conservation

12/10/2021

In 2019 efforts were made to better understand the threat of Phytophthora species on the endangered C. Ferrisiae, as well as the surrounding communities. Tedmund Swiecki and Elizabeth Bernhardt endeavored to identify Phytophthora species that were presently or might become threats, and develop a management plan to deal with them. They collected 189 samples from Santa Clara County Parks, and Santa Clara County Open Space Authority preserves. Results showed 20 Phytophthora taxa were present across water, soil, and root samples. They detail how eradication of these taxa is quite difficult and emphasize prevention of spread as a best method for dealing with the invasion.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Ceanothus ferrisiae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 50 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 4 accessions of Ceanothus ferrisiae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 5152 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Ceanothus ferrisiae from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 10 maternal plants