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12-22-2016

Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis

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Both subspecies are rare, one treated as a federally listed endangered species. In general this is a grayish or purplish green annual coated in long whitish hairs, sometimes bristly and glandular. The woolly inflorescence is a spike of club-shaped white flowers enclosed in densely hairy sepals.

Subspecies Chloropyron molle subsp. hispidus, the hispid bird’s beak, grows in alkaline and saline soils of marshes and ‘playas’ (a local name for inland salt flats) in scattered locations throughout the Central Valley. Most of its habitat in the southern valley has been turned over for agriculture, leading to the extirpation of most of its populations there. The even less common Ch. molle subsp. molle, known by the common name soft bird’s beak, is only known from the coastal salt marshes and swamps of the inner San Francisco Bay Area and delta. It is federally listed as an endangered species.Both subspecies are rare, one treated as a federally listed endangered species. In general this is a grayish or purplish green annual coated in long whitish hairs, sometimes bristly and glandular. The woolly inflorescence is a spike of club-shaped white flowers enclosed in densely hairy sepals.

Detailed information
Full Name: Soft bird's-beak (Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 11/20/1997 California/Nevada Region (Region 8) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Soft bird's-beak, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: California
  • US Counties in which the Soft bird's-beak, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
02/26/2014 79 FR 10830 10831 Notice of Availability: Final Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystems of Northern and Central California
04/01/2013 78 FR 19510 19514 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 56 Species in California and Nevada; request for information
05/21/2010 75 FR 28636 28642 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 34 Species in California and Nevada; Availability of 96 Completed 5-Year Reviews in California and Nevada
02/10/2010 75 FR 6696 6697 Draft Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystems of Northern and Central California
04/12/2007 72 FR 18518 18553 Designation of Critical Habitat for Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophilum (Suisun thistle) and Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis (soft bird's-beak); Final Rule
02/14/2007 72 FR 7064 7084 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 58 Species in California and Nevada; Availability of Completed 5-Year Reviews in California and Nevada
04/11/2006 71 FR 18456 18493 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophilum (Suisun thistle) and Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis (soft bird's-beak)
11/20/1997 62 FR 61916 61925 ETWP; Determination of Endangered Status for Two Tidal Marsh Plants--Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophioum (Suisun Thistle) and Cordylanthus mollis ssp. mollis (Soft Bird's-Beak) From the San Francisco Bay Area of California
09/19/1997 62 FR 49398 49397 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa
02/28/1996 61 FR 7597 7613 ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species
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