Western Joshua Tree

Yucca brevifolia · ECOS entity 11257

In plain words

Federal ESA status Not Listed

The Western Joshua Tree is not listed under the federal Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act: The federal law from 1973 that protects listed animals and plants.. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Western Joshua Tree
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date December 28, 2015 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Statutory date July 25, 2021 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “████████████ (Yucca brevifolia); list T w/ CH”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
  • “██████████████████ to ████ the Western Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) Under the Endangered Species Act”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/11257
ECOS
Species profile 10407