SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BOROUGH OF BRENTWOOD Author: Administration Created Date: 11/16/2017 3:36:16 PM
Conservation status. None of the many quetzal species are under immediate threat in the wild, although the eared and resplendent quetzal are at the Near Threatened status. The remaining are not considered threatened by the IUCN and all are locally common.
These include: 1  Desert Pincushion (Coryphentha vivipara) 2  Cottontop Cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus) 3  Torch Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus) 4  Engelmann Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii var engelmannii) 5  Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var mojavensis) 6  Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus acanthodes var lecontei)