Catalina Mahogany :: Cercocarpus traskiae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 030

On today’s show we learn about the Catalina Mahogany, a critically endangered woody flowering plant native to Santa Catalina Island, near the western Northern American coast of southern California, United States.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (21:26) Citations
• (24:17) Music
• (33:54) Pledge

If you’d like to learn more about conserving and protecting the Catalina Mahogany, visit the Catalina Island Conservancy at https://catalinaconservancy.org/.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• California Department of Fish and Wildlife – https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Plants/Endangered/Cercocarpus-traskiae
• California Native Plants Society – https://calscape.org/Cercocarpus-traskiae-(Catalina-Island-Mountain-Mahogany)
• Catalina Island Conservancy – https://catalinaconservancy.org/stories/catalina-rare-plant-micropropagation/
• Center for Plant Conservation – https://saveplants.org/plant-profile/872/Cercocarpus-traskiae/Santa-Catalina-Mountain-mahogany/
• “Catalina Island Mountain Mahogany 5-year Review” US Fish and Wildlife Service. June 22, 2021 – https://www.fws.gov/node/263226
• IUCN — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/37562/183451015
• “Rarest of trees exists in one place: Catalina”. Jessica Boudevin. The Catalina Islander. September 5, 2020 – https://thecatalinaislander.com/rarest-of-trees-exists-in-one-place-catalina/
• “VARIATION IN CERCOCARPUS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA”. SEARCY, K.B. (1969), New Phytologist vol. 68: 829-839. – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1969.tb06482.x
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus_traskiae

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