The overall condition status for the Encinitas Baccharis Indicator is Caution based on consideration of the three metric condition values. There are signs of potential improvement of the species status due to the discovery and conservation of new occurrences (Metric 1) and some increases in population size, although most occurrences are small and some are declining (Metric 2). Besides the threat of small and isolated occurrences with little sign of recent recruitment, other landscape-scale threats are an altered fire regime and long-term drought. Monitoring shows some serious threats that can be managed at occurrences including competitive native plants, nonnative annual grasses and forbs, trails, trampling, and dumping (Metric 3).