Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
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MCB <strong>Camp</strong> <strong>Pendleton</strong>, California<br />
2008i & Mabb pers. comm. 2009). For detailed information on the San Diego fairy shrimp,<br />
survey information and its management on <strong>Base</strong> see Appendix F, Section F-16.<br />
Additionally, the USGS has developed a genetic test for fairy shrimp cysts to distinguish<br />
between the species that can be utilized in wet or dry conditions, which should significantly<br />
aide future surveys and reduce impacts to vernal pools (USGS 2008g).<br />
3.2.4.15. San Diego Button-Celery (Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii)<br />
FIGURE 3-36.<br />
MANAGEMENT STATUS<br />
SAN DIEGO BUTTON-CELERY<br />
(PHOTO SOURCE: GARY A. MONROE @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS DATABASE)<br />
San Diego button-celery is a<br />
perennial or biennial herb arising<br />
from a taproot, which occurs in<br />
vernal pools/IEWs. It has a<br />
spreading to erect habit and can<br />
grow to a height of 16 inches or<br />
more (USFWS 1998b). The<br />
flowers occur on short stalks with<br />
rigid spiny bracts, and the greygreen<br />
stems and leaves are<br />
toothed, which give it a prickly<br />
appearance (USFWS 1998b). The<br />
species is threatened region-wide<br />
by urbanization, foot traffic, offroad<br />
vehicles, grazing agriculture<br />
and watershed alteration<br />
(drainage).<br />
Federal Status<br />
San Diego button-celery was listed as endangered on 3 August 1993 (USFWS 1993c).<br />
Critical habitat has not been proposed for this species. San Diego button-celery is included<br />
in the recovery plan for the listed species of southern California vernal pools (USFWS<br />
1998b).<br />
California Status<br />
The CDFG listed San Diego button-celery as an endangered plant in California in July<br />
1979 (CDFG 2005).<br />
Regional Status<br />
San Diego button-celery is a covered species in the following southern California NCCP<br />
documents:<br />
• MHCP, City of Carlsbad Habitat Management Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of Chula Vista Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of La Mesa Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of Poway Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of San Diego Subarea Plan.<br />
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