California Native Plant May be Removed From Endangered Species List

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing the Truckee barberry, a California native plant, from the Federal list of Threatened and Endangered Species. This plant is a small evergreen shrub found only in a 280-yard reach of privately-owned floodplain along the Truckee River within the town of Truckee in Nevada County.

The Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Truckee barberry (Berberis sonnei) as an endangered species on November 8, 1979, citing urbanization, further modification of streamside habitat, removal of plants for ornamental use and low seed set and seed viability as major threats to the plant