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Ephedra californica (California jointfir)

Synonyms: Ephedra californica californica; Ephedra californica var. californica

Wikipedia Abstract

Ephedra californica is a species of Ephedra, known by the common names California jointfir, California ephedra, desert tea, and cañatillo.
View Wikipedia Record: Ephedra californica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States

Predators

Ammospermophilus nelsoni (Nelson's antelope squirrel)[4]
Eriococcus eriogoni (eriogonum eriococcin)[5]
Ovaticoccus mackenziei (McKenzie's ovaticoccin)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ammospermophilus nelsoni, Troy L. Best, Amy S. Titus, Cynthia L. Lewis, and Katharine Caesar, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 367, pp. 1-7 (1990)
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0