Listing
Jun 16, 1976
Jun 16, 1976 Listing (Endangered)
Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants; 41 FR 24523 24572
- Publication type: Proposed
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FWS Focus
Overview
Characteristics
Overview
Salt marsh bird’s beak is found in coastal salt marshes from San Luis Obispo County, California, to Northern Baja California, Mexico. Listed as endangered in 1978, and salt marsh bird’s beak is negatively impacted by ongoing threats, including sea level rise from climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.
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Scientific Name
Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus
Common Name
salt marsh bird's beak
salt marsh bird's-beak
FWS Category
Flowering Plants
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Characteristics
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Physical Characteristics
Characteristics
Color & Pattern
Salt marsh bird’s beak is an annual plant with an upright, branched growth form.?
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Life Cycle
Characteristics
Reproduction
Germination occurs in spring, when soil salinity is relatively low and soil moisture is higher.
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Habitat
Characteristics
Habitat
This species grows in upper elevations of tidal marsh habitat.
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Food
Characteristics
Food
Salt marsh bird’s beak gets water and nutrients through specialized root connections with host plants, which include shore grass, salt grass and alkali heath.
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