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A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the
La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; ''brea'' in Spanish) has seeped up from the gro ...
, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the
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section of the Mid-Wilshire district in Los Angeles, California. Some of the tar pit's fossils are displayed in the adjacent
George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; ''brea'' in Spanish) has seeped up from the gr ...
in the park. They are primarily from Pleistocene predator species. Daggers (†) in the list denote extinct species.


Mammals


Artiodactyla

* Pronghorn (''Antilocapra americana'') * † Ancient bison ('' Bison antiquus'') * † Giant bison ('' Bison latifrons'') * † American camel (''
Camelops hesternus ''Camelops''Being occasionally called ''Western Camel'' or ''Yesterday's Camel''. is an extinct genus of camels that lived in North and Central America, ranging from Alaska to Guatemala, from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It ...
'') * † Dwarf pronghorn (''
Capromeryx minor ''Capromeryx'' (dwarf pronghorn) was a genus of dwarf pronghorns (Antilocapridae) that originated in North America during the Pliocene about 5 million years ago (the exact range of their presence on the landscape is still not known, but the most re ...
'') * Cf. Wapiti (''Cervus canadensis'') * † Shrub-ox (''
Euceratherium collinum The shrub-ox (''Euceratherium collinum'') is an extinct genus and species of Ovibovini, ovibovine Caprinae, caprine native to North America along with ''Bootherium'' (''Bootherium bombifrons'') and Soergelia, Soergel's ox (''Soergelia mayfieldi'' ...
'') * † Stilt-legged llama (''
Hemiauchenia macrocephala ''Hemiauchenia'' is a genus of laminoid camelids that evolved in North America in the Miocene period about 10 million years ago. This genus diversified and moved to South America in the Early Pleistocene, as part of the Great American Biotic I ...
'') * Cf. Mule deer (''Odocoileus hemionus'') * Bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') * Domestic Sheep (''Ovis aries'') * † Flat-headed Peccary (''
Platygonus compressus ''Platygonus compressus'', the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae family, that lived in North-America during the Pleistocene. It was first described in 1848 by John L. Leconte. Description The flat-heade ...
'')


Carnivora

* † Giant short-faced bear (''
Arctodus simus ''Arctodus'' is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,000 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (''Arctodus pristinus'') and the giant short- ...
'') *
Ringtail The ringtail (''Bassariscus astutus'') is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America. It is widely distributed and well adapted to disturbed areas. It has been legally trapped for its fur. It is listed as Least Co ...
(''Bassariscus astutus'') * † Dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'') * Domestic dog (''Canis familiaris'') * † Pleistocene coyote (''Canis latrans orcutti'') *
Gray wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly ...
(''Canis lupus'') * † Scimitar-toothed cat (''Homotherium serum'') *
Bobcat The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUC ...
(''Lynx rufus'') * Felis sp. *
Striped skunk The striped skunk (''Mephitis mephitis'') is a skunk of the genus '' Mephitis'' that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on ac ...
(''Mephitis mephitis'') * Long-tailed weasel (''Neogale frenata'') * † American lion (''Panthera atrox'') * † Pleistocene North American jaguar ('' Panthera onca augusta'') * Raccoon (''Procyon lotor'') *
Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...
(''Puma concolor'') * Gray fox (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus'') *
American black bear The American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), also called simply a black bear or sometimes a baribal, is a medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most widely distributed bear species. American black bear ...
(''Ursus americanus'') *
Grizzly bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
(''Ursus arctos horribilis'') * † Saber-toothed cat (''Smilodon fatalis'') * Western spotted skunk (''Spilogale gracilis'') * American badger (''Taxidea taxus'')


Chiroptera

* Pallid bat (''Antrozous pallidus'') *
Hoary bat The hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (possibly including Hawaii, although this is disputed). Taxonomy The hoary bat was described as a ...
(''Lasiurus cinereus'')


Lagomorpha

* Black-tailed jackrabbit (''Lepus californicus'') * Desert cottontail (''Sylvilagus audubonii'') *
Brush rabbit The brush rabbit (''Sylvilagus bachmani''), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the ...
(''Sylvilagus bachmani'')


Perissodactyla

* † Mexican horse (''
Equus conversidens ''Equus conversidens'', or the Mexican horse, is a dubious Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America. The holotype of ''Equus conversidens'', a partial palate, was unearthed in Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexi ...
'') * † Cf. Western horse ('' Equus occidentalis'') * † California tapir (''
Tapirus californicus ''Tapirus californicus'', the California tapir, is an extinct species of tapir that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago. Like other perissodactyls, tapirs originated in North America and liv ...
'')


Pilosa

* † Harlan's ground sloth (''Paramylodon harlani'') * † Jefferson's ground sloth (''Megalonyx jeffersonii'') * †
Shasta ground sloth ''Nothrotheriops'' is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloth found in North America, from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. This genus of bear-sized xenarthran was related to the much larger, and far more famous ''Megatherium ...
(''Nothrotheriops shastensis'')


Primates

* '' Homo sapiens'' (Humans) (
La Brea Woman La Brea Woman is a human whose remains were found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. The remains, first discovered in the pits in 1914, are the partial skeleton of a woman. At around 18–25 years of age at death, she has been ...
)


Proboscidea

* † Pacific Mastodon (''Mammut pacificus'') * † Columbian mammoth (''Mammuthus columbi'')


Rodentia

*
Agile kangaroo rat The agile kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys agilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to southern California in the United States. Relatively little information has been published on the natural history, life history, ec ...
(''
Dipodomys agilis The agile kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys agilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to southern California in the United States. Relatively little information has been published on the natural history, life history, ec ...
'') * California vole (''Microtus californicus'') *
Dusky-footed woodrat The dusky-footed woodrat (''Neotoma fuscipes'') is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called "packrats" or "trade rats" and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. Coyotes and other ...
(''Neotoma fuscipes'') * Southern grasshopper mouse (''Onychomys torridus'') *
California pocket mouse The California pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus californicus'') is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae. Distribution ''Chaetodipus californicus'' is native to California in the western United States and nor ...
(''Perognathus californicus'') * † Imperfect mouse (''Peromyscus imperfectus'') *
Western harvest mouse The western harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys megalotis'') is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually ...
(''Reithrodontomys megalotis'') * Cf.
California ground squirrel The California ground squirrel (''Otospermophilus beecheyi''), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel, is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and ...
(''Otospermophilus beecheyi'') * Merriam's chipmunk (''Neotamias merriami'') *
Botta's pocket gopher Botta's pocket gopher (''Thomomys bottae'') is a pocket gopher native to western North America. It is also known in some sources as valley pocket gopher, particularly in California. Both the specific and common names of this species honor Paul-É ...
(''Thomomys bottae'')


Soricomorpha

*
Crawford's gray shrew Crawford's gray shrew (''Notiosorex crawfordi''), also known as the desert shrew, is a small shrew found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a member of the family Soricidae of the order Eulipotyphla. It was the only ...
(''Notiosorex crawfordi'') *
Broad-footed mole The broad-footed mole (''Scapanus latimanus'') was a former mole species that has since been split into three distinct species in the genus ''Scapanus'': * Northern broad-footed mole, ''Scapanus latimanus'', ranging from southern Oregon to central ...
(''Scapanus latimanus'') * Ornate shrew (''Sorex ornatus'')


Birds


Accipitriformes

*
Northern goshawk The northern goshawk (; ''Accipiter gentilis'') is a species of medium-large bird of prey, raptor in the Family (biology), family Accipitridae, a family which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harrier (bird) ...
(''Accipiter gentilis'') * Sharp-shinned hawk (''Accipiter striatus velox'') * Cooper's hawk (''Accipiter cooperii'') * † Woodward's eagle (''Buteogallus woodwardi'') * Golden eagle (''Aquila chrysaetos'') * Red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'') * Swainson's hawk (''Buteo swainsoni'') * Rough-legged buzzard (''Buteo lagopus'') * Ferruginous hawk (''Buteo regalis'') * Hawk ('' Buteo'' sp.) * † '' Buteogallus daggetti'' (Daggett's eagle) * † ''
Buteogallus fragilis ''Buteogallus'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. All members of this genus are essentially neotropical, but the distribution of a single species extends slightly into the extreme southwestern United States. Many of the sp ...
'' (Fragile eagle) * Hen harrier (''Circus cyaneus'') * Black-winged kite (''Elanus caeruleus'') *
Bald eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...
(''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') * † Errant eagle ('' Neogyps errans'') * † American vulture (''
Neophrontops americanus ''Neophrontops'' is an extinct genus of Old World vulture. Despite being taxonomically an "Old World" vulture, specifically a member of the subfamily Gypaetinae, it was native to North America, with six species having been named, spanning from th ...
'') * † Grinnell's crested eagle (''Spizaetus grinnelli'')


Anseriformes

* † '' Anabernicula gracilenta'' *
Mallard The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...
(''Anas platyrhynchos'') *
Gadwall The gadwall (''Mareca strepera'') is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. Taxonomy The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. DNA studies have shown that ...
(''Mareca strepera'') * Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca'') * Cinnamon teal (''Spatula cyanoptera'') * Northern shoveler (''Spatula clypeata'') * Greater white-fronted goose (''Anser albifrons'') * Canvasback (''Aythya valisineria'') *
Canada goose The Canada goose (''Branta canadensis''), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is o ...
(''Branta canadensis'') * Cf. Brant goose (''Branta bernicla'') * Snow goose (''Anser caerulescens'') * Ross's goose (''Anser rossi'') * Tundra swan (''Cygnus columbianus'')


Caprimulgiformes

* Common poorwill (''Phalaenoptilus nuttallii'')


Cathartiformes

* † La Brea condor (''
Breagyps clarki ''Breagyps'' is an extinct genus of New World vulture in the family Cathartidae The New World vulture or condor family, Cathartidae, contains seven extant species in five genera. It includes five extant vultures and two extant condors found in ...
'') * Turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura'') * † ''
Cathartornis gracilis ''Cathartornis'' is an ancient bird of the Teratornithidae family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years (Miocene Epoch) and 10,000 years (Pleistocene Epoch) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were do ...
'' * † ''
Coragyps occidentalis ''Coragyps occidentalis'', the Pleistocene black vulture, is an extinct species of New World vulture that lived throughout North and South America during the Pleistocene. It was formerly thought to be the ancestor to the modern black vulture (''C ...
'' * † ''
Gymnogyps amplus left, 150px, Holotype Tarsometatarsus; Samwel Cave, Shasta County, California">Tarsometatarsus.html" ;"title="Holotype Tarsometatarsus">Holotype Tarsometatarsus; Samwel Cave, Shasta County, California ''Gymnogyps amplus'' is an extinct species ...
'' * † Merriam's teratorn ('' Teratornis merriami'')


Ciconiiformes

* † La Brea stork ('' Ciconia maltha'') * † '' Mycteria wetmorei''


Charadriiformes

* Sanderling (''Calidris alba'') *
Dunlin The dunlin (''Calidris alpina'') is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other "stints" in the genus ''Erolia''. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from ''dun'', "dull brown ...
''Calidris alpina'') * Willet (''Tringa semipalmata'') * Killdeer (''Charadrius vociferus'') * Wilson's snipe (''Gallinago gallinago delicata'') * Common gull (''Larus canus'') * Short-billed dowitcher (''Limnodromus griseus'') *
Marbled godwit The marbled godwit (''Limosa fedoa'') is a large migratory shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. On average, it is the largest of the four species of godwit. Taxonomy In 1750 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a ...
(''Limosa fedoa'') *
Long-billed curlew The long-billed curlew (''Numenius americanus'') is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrat ...
(''Numenius americanus'') * Whimbrel (''Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus'') * American avocet (''Recurvirostra americana'') *
Black-legged kittiwake The black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'') is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Larus tridactylus''. The English ...
(''Rissa tridactyla'') * Greater yellowlegs (''Tringa melanoleuca'') * Red phalarope (''Phalaropus fulicarius'') * Grey plover (''Pluvialis squatarola'')


Columbiformes

* † Passenger pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius'') *
Band-tailed pigeon The band-tailed pigeon (''Patagioenas fasciata'') is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean pigeon and the ring-tailed pigeon, which form a clade of ''Patagioenas'' with a terminal tail band and iridescent pl ...
(''Patagioenas fasciata'') * Mourning dove (''Zenaida macroura'')


Cuculiformes

* Greater roadrunner (''Geococcyx californianus'')


Falconiformes

*
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(''Falco columbarius'') * Prairie falcon (''Falco mexicanus'') *
Peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan bird of prey (Bird of prey, raptor) in the family (biology), family Falco ...
(''Falco peregrinus'') * American kestrel (''Falco sparverius'') * Falcon ('' Falco'' sp.) * † La Brea or crested caracara (''Caracara cheriway grinnelli'')


Galliformes

* California quail (''Callipepla californica'') * †
Californian turkey The Californian turkey (''Meleagris californica'') is an extinct species of turkey indigenous to the Pleistocene and Early Holocene of California. It has been estimated that the Californian turkey went extinct about 10,000 years ago. Fossil ev ...
(''Meleagris californica'')


Gruiformes

* American coot (''Fulica americana'') * Sandhill crane (''Antigone canadensis'') * Whooping crane (''Grus americana'') * † '' Grus pagei''


Strigiformes

* Northern saw-whet owl (''Aegolius acadicus'') *
Short-eared owl The short-eared owl (''Asio flammeus'') is a widespread grassland species in the family Strigidae. Owls belonging to genus ''Asio'' are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or ...
(''Asio flammeus'') * Burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia'') * Great horned owl (''Bubo virginianus'') * Northern pygmy owl (''Glaucidium gnoma'') * † Kurochkin’s pygmy owl (''
Glaucidium kurochkini Kurochkin's pygmy owl (''Glaucidium kurochkini'') is an extinct species of pygmy owl that existed in what is now California, U.S.A. during the Late Pleistocene Epoch. Discovery and naming The holotype of ''Glaucidium kurochkini'' is LACM RLB K9 ...
'') * †
La Brea owl The La Brea owl (''Oraristix brea'') is an extinct owl reported from the upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. It was first described in 1933 by Hildegarde Howard as ''Strix brea'', but this exti ...
(''Oraristrix brea'') *
Eastern screech owl The eastern screech owl (''Megascops asio'') or eastern screech-owl, is a small typical owl, owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada. This species is native to most wooded environments of its distribution, a ...
(''Megascops asio'') * † Brea miniature owl (''
Asphaltoglaux cecileae The asphalt miniature owl (''Asphaltoglaux cecileae'') is an extinct species of true owl which existed in what is now California, United States, U.S.A. during the Late Pleistocene epoch. The species is known from the La Brea Tar Pits. Its osteolo ...
'') *
Barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalaya ...
(''Tyto alba'')


Passeriformes

* Cf. Red-winged blackbird (''Agelaius phoeniceus californicus'') * Bell's sparrow (''Amphispiza belli'') *
Black-throated sparrow The black-throated sparrow (''Amphispiza bilineata'') is a small New World sparrow primarily found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is the only member of the genus ''Amphispiza''; the five-striped sparrow, formerly also classifie ...
(''Amphispiza bilineata'') *
California scrub jay The California scrub jay (''Aphelocoma californica'') is a species of scrub jay native to western North America. It ranges from southern British Columbia throughout California and western Nevada near Reno to west of the Sierra Nevada. The Cali ...
(''Aphelocoma californica'') * Cedar waxwing (''Bombycilla cedrorum'') *
Pine siskin The pine siskin (''Spinus pinus'') is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. Taxonomy The pine siskin was formally described in 1810 by the American ornithologist Alexander ...
(''Carduelis pinus'') * American goldfinch (''Carduelis tristis'') * Lark sparrow (''Chondestes grammacus'') *
Evening grosbeak The evening grosbeak (''Hesperiphona vespertina'') is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America. Taxonomy The IOC checklist and the ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' place the evening grosbeak and the closel ...
(''Coccothraustes vespertinus'') * American crow (''Corvus brachyrhynchos'') *
Northwestern crow The American crow (''Corvus brachyrhynchos'') is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America. American crows are the New World counterpart to the carrion crow of Europe and th ...
(''Corvus caurinus'') * Common raven (''Corvus corax'') * Chihuahuan raven (''Corvus cryptoleucus'') *
Steller's jay Steller's jay (''Cyanocitta stelleri'') is a bird native to western North America and the mountains of Central America, closely related to the blue jay found in eastern North America. It is also known as the long-crested jay, mountain jay, and pin ...
(''Cyanocitta stelleri'') * Horned lark (''Eremophila alpestris'') * † '' Euphagus magnirostris'' * Indeterminate Fringillidae * '' Icterus'' spp. * Loggerhead shrike (''Lanius ludovicianus'') * Song Sparrow (''Melospiza melodia'') * Brown-headed cowbird (''Molothrus ater'') * Clark's nutcracker (''Nucifraga columbiana'') *
Sage thrasher The sage thrasher (''Oreoscoptes montanus'') is a medium-sized passerine bird from the family Mimidae, which also includes mockingbirds, tremblers, and New World catbirds. It is the only member of the genus ''Oreoscoptes''. This seems less close ...
(''Oreoscoptes montanus'') * † '' Pandanaris convexa'' * Cf. Mountain chickadee (''Parus gambeli'') *
Fox sparrow The fox sparrow (''Passerella iliaca'') is a large New World sparrow. It is the only member of the genus ''Passerella'', although some authors split the species into four (see below). Taxonomy More specific information regarding plumage is avai ...
(''Passerella iliaca'') *
Yellow-billed magpie The yellow-billed magpie ''(Pica nuttalli)'', also known as the California magpie, is a large bird in the crow family that is restricted to the U.S. state of California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and m ...
(''Pica nuttalli'') * Black-headed grosbeak (''Pheucticus melanocephalus'') * Indeterminate Parulinae * Eastern towhee (''Pipilo erythrophthalamus'') *
Canyon towhee The canyon towhee (''Melozone fusca'') is a bird of the family Passerellidae. Taxonomy The taxonomy of the group of towhees to which this species belongs is debated. At the higher level, some authors place the towhees in the family Fringillidae ...
''Pipilo fuscus'') * † '' Pipilo angelensis'' * Vesper sparrow (''Pooecetes gramineus'') * Cf. Western bluebird (''Sialia mexicana'') *
Chipping sparrow The chipping sparrow (''Spizella passerina'') is a species of New World sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across most of its North American range. There are two subspecies, the east ...
(''Spizella passerina'') * ''
Spizella The genus ''Spizella'' is a group of American sparrows in the family Passerellidae. These birds are fairly small and slim, with short bills, round heads and long wings. They are usually found in semi-open areas, and outside of the nesting seas ...
'' sp. * Western meadowlark (''Sturnella neglecta'') * California thrasher (''Toxostoma redivivum'') *
American robin The American robin (''Turdus migratorius'') is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closel ...
(''Turdus migratorius'') *
Cassin's kingbird Cassin's kingbird (''Tyrannus vociferans'') is a large tyrant flycatcher native to western North America. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin. Taxonomy Cassin's kingbird was formally described in 1826 by En ...
(''Tyrannus vociferans'') * Yellow-headed blackbird (''Xanthocephalus'' sp.) * White-crowned sparrow (''Zonotrichia leucophrys'')


Pelecaniformes

* Great egret (''Ardea alba'') *
Great blue heron The great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos ...
(''Ardea herodias'') * American bittern (''Botaurus lentiginosus'') * Striated heron ('' Butorides striatus'') * Snowy egret (''Egretta thula'') * Little blue heron">Snowy_egret.html" ;"title="Butorides striatus'') * Snowy egret">Butorides striatus'') * Snowy egret (''Egretta thula'') * Little blue heron (''Egretta caerulea'') * Black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax'') * Cormorant (''Phalacrocorax'' sp.) * Roseate spoonbill (''Platalea ajaja'') * White-faced ibis (''Plegadis chihi'')


Piciformes

* † '' Bitumenpicus minimus'' * † '' Breacopus garretti'' *
Northern flicker The northern flicker or common flicker (''Colaptes auratus'') is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker spec ...
(''Colaptes auratus cafer'') * Pileated woodpecker (''Dryocopus pileatus'') * Lewis's woodpecker (''Melanerpes lewisi'') * † ''
Melanerpes shawi ''Melanerpes shawi'' is an extinct species of woodpecker from the Pleistocene of California. It was found in the La Brea tar pits. It's part of the genus ''Melanerpes'', which includes twenty-four extant species found across North and South Ameri ...
'' * ''
Picoides ''Picoides'' is a genus of woodpeckers (family Picidae) that are native to Eurasia and North America, commonly known as three-toed woodpeckers. Taxonomy The genus ''Picoides'' was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépè ...
'' sp. *
Red-breasted sapsucker The red-breasted sapsucker (''Sphyrapicus ruber'') is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America. Description Adults have a red head and upper chest; they have a white lower belly and rump. They are black on the ...
(''Sphyrapicus ruber'')


Podicipediformes

* Pied-billed grebe (''Podilymbus podiceps'') * Grebe (''
Podiceps ''Podiceps'' is a genus of birds in the grebe family. The genus name comes from Latin ''podicis'', "rear-end" and ''ped'', "foot", and is a reference to the placement of a grebe's legs towards the rear of its body. It has representatives breed ...
'' sp.)


Reptiles

* '' Thamnophis'' (garter snake) * Gopher snake *
Kingsnake Kingsnakes are Colubridae, colubrid New World members of the genus ''Lampropeltis'', which includes 26 species. Among these, about 45 subspecies are recognized. They are nonvenomous and ophiophagy, ophiophagous in diet. Description Kingsnakes ...
*
Rattlesnake Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera ''Crotalus'' and ''Sistrurus'' of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). All rattlesnakes are vipers. Rattlesnakes are predators that live in a wide array of habitats, hunting small anim ...
* Western pond turtle


Amphibians

* ''
Aneides lugubris The arboreal salamander (''Aneides lugubris'') is a species of climbing salamander. An insectivore, it is native to California and Baja California, where it is primarily associated with oak and sycamore woodlands, and thick chaparral. Descri ...
'' (arboreal salamander) * †'' Bufo nestor'' * ''
Bufo boreas The western toad (''Anaxyrus boreas'') is a large toad species, between long, native to western North America. ''A. boreas'' is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times. It can jump a considerable distan ...
'' (western toad) * ''
Bufo microscaphus The Arizona toad (''Anaxyrus microscaphus'') is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the south-western United States, where its natural habitats are temperate lowland forests, rivers and streams, swamps, freshwater marshes, ...
'' (Arizona toad)) * ''
Hyla ''Hyla'' is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family most of th ...
'' sp. (tree frog) * ''
Rana aurora The northern red-legged frog (''Rana aurora'') is a species of amphibian, whose range is the coastal region stretching from southwest British Columbia to southern Mendocino County in Northern California, and is protected in Oregon and Californ ...
'' (northern red-legged frog)


"Fish"

*'' Oncorhynchus mykiss'' (
Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
) * ''
Gila orcuttii The arroyo chub (''Gila orcuttii'') is a species of cyprinid fish found only in the coastal streams of southern California, United States. The shape of the arroyo chub is somewhat chunky, with a deep body and thick, caudal peduncle. The eyes ar ...
'' (
Arroyo chub The arroyo chub (''Gila orcuttii'') is a species of cyprinid fish found only in the coastal streams of southern California, United States. The shape of the arroyo chub is somewhat chunky, with a deep body and thick, caudal peduncle. The eyes ar ...
) * ''
Gasterosteus aculeatus The three-spined stickleback (''Gasterosteus aculeatus'') is a fish native to most inland and coastal waters north of 30°N. It has long been a subject of scientific study for many reasons. It shows great morphological variation throughout its ra ...
'' (three-spined stickleback)


Arthropods


Arachnids

*
Araneida Araneida is a subgroup of Tetrapulmonata. It was originally defined by Jörg Wunderlich in 2015 as a subgroup of Araneae, including all true spiders, with Wunderlich also including Uraraneida within Araneae., cited in Araneida was redefined by Wu ...
(spiders) * Opiliones (harvestmen) * Scorpionida (scorpions)


Crustaceans

* Ostracoda (water fleas) *
Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
(pill bugs)


Insects

*
Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
(beetles) ** Carabidae (ground beetles) *** '' Amara insignis'' *** '' Calosoma semilaeve'' *** ''
Pterostichus ''Pterostichus'' is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,100 species. The beetles are predatory, but sometimes feed on strawberries. They can be found under rocks and prefer ...
'' sp. *** '' Cf.'' '' Platynus funebris'' ** Cicindelidae (tiger beetles) *** '' Cicindela haemorrhagica'' *** '' Cicindela oregona'' **
Cleridae Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences. Cleridae have many niches and fe ...
(checkered beetles) *** ''
Necrobia violacea ''Necrobia violacea'' (otherwise known as the Blacklegged ham beetle) is a species of beetle in family Cleridae. Cleridae beetles are a predaceous beetle found within forest and woodland environments, and can be associated with stored food prod ...
'' ** Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles) *** '' Dytiscus marginicolliss'' ** Scarabaeidae ( dung beetles) *** '' Copris pristinus'' *** '' Canthon praticola'' *** '' Canthon simplex subsp. antiquus'' *** ?''
Deltochilum ''Deltochilum'' is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 100 described species in ''Deltochilum''. See also * List of Deltochilum species References External links

* * Scarabaeidae genera Deltochil ...
'' sp. *** '' Onthophagus everestae'' *** '' Phanaeus labreae'' (syn=''Paleocopris labreae'') *** '' Serica kanakoffi'' **
Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...
*** ''
Heterosilpha ramosa ''Heterosilpha ramosa'', the garden carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Central America and North America. References Further reading * Silphidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles ...
'' (syn=''Silpha (Heterosilpha) ramosa'') *** ''
Nicrophorus marginatus ''Nicrophorus marginatus'' is a burying beetle described by Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods ...
'' (syn=''Nicrophorus guttulus'', ''N. mckittricki'', ''N. obtusiscutellum'') *** ''
Nicrophorus nigrita ''Nicrophorus nigrita'' is a burying beetle described by Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the ...
'' (syn=''Nicrophorus investigator'') *** ''
Thanatophilus lapponicus ''Thanatophilus lapponicus'', the northern carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, and North America. References Further reading * ...
'' (syn=''Silpha (Thanatophilus) lapponica'') ** Tenebrionidae *** '' Apsena pubescens'' *** '' Apsena laticornis'' (syn=''Apsena labreae'') *** '' Coniontis abdominalis subsp. caseyi'' *** '' Coniontis abdominalis'' (syn=''Coniontis tristis'', ''C. pectoralis'', ''C. rugosa'') *** '' Coniontis elliptica'' *** '' Coniontis lamentabilis'' *** '' Coniontis puncticollis'' *** '' Coniontis remnans'' *** '' Coniontis robusta'' *** '' Eleodes (Eleodes) acuticauda'' (syn=''Eleodes laticollis'') *** '' Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis'' (syn=''Eleodes elongata'') *** '' Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans'' (syn=''Eleodes behrii'', ''E. consobrina'', ''E. intermedia'') *** '' Nyctoporis carinata'' **
Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both incl ...
*** '' Phloeodes diabolicus'' (syn=''Phloeodes pustulosus'') *** '' Phloeodes plicatus'' (syn=''Noserus corrosus'') *
Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
(flies) *
Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...
(ants and wasps) ** '' Megachile gentilis'' (leafcutter bee) ** ''
Veromessor andrei ''Veromessor'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus was previously classified as a synonym of ''Messor ''Messor'' is a myrmicine genus of ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic n ...
'' *
Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
(true bugs and cicadas) *
Isoptera Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattode ...
(termites) * Odonta (damselflies) *
Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
(grasshoppers and crickets) **
Grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...


Myriapods

* Chilopoda (centipedes) * Diplopoda (millipedes) ** Spirobolidae *** ''
Hiltonius australis ''Hiltonius'' is a genus of cylindrical millipedes in the family Spirobolidae comprising 10 species ranging from the southwestern United States to Guatemala, with most species being found in Mexico. The genus was named by Ralph Vary Chamberl ...
''


Diatoms


Achnanthaceae

* '' Achnanthes lanceolata var. lanceolata'' * '' Cocconeis placentula var. lineata'' * '' Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis''


Coscinodiscaceae

* '' Actinocyclus ehrenbergii''https://tarpits.org/research-collections/tar-pits-collections/botany-collections * '' Coscinodiscus marginatus'' * ''
Coscinodiscus radiatus ''Coscinodiscus'' is a genus of diatoms in the family Coscinodiscaceae Coscinodiscaceae is a diatom family in the order Coscinodiscales. References External links Diatom families Coscinodiscophyceae Taxa named by Friedrich Traugott Küt ...
'' * ''
Melosira italica ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. Species Species: *'' Gaillonella ampla'' *'' Gaillonella apiculata'' *'' G ...
'' * ''
Melosira clavigera ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. Species Species: *'' Gaillonella ampla'' *'' Gaillonella apiculata'' *'' G ...
'' * '' Stephanodiscus astraea''


Cymbellaceae

* '' Amphora ovalis var. affinis'' * '' Amphora ovalis var. pediculus'' * '' Amphora venata var. venata'' * '' Amphora normanii var. mormanii'' * '' Amphora coffeiformis var. coffeiformis'' * '' Cymbella cistula var. cistula'' * '' Cymbella muelleri var. muelleri'' * '' Cymbella mexicana var. mexicana''


Epithemiaceae

* Denticula elegans Kutz. var. elegans * Denticula elegans var. kittoniana (Grun.) DeT. * Denticula lauta J.W. Bail. var. lauta * Epithemia emarginata Andrews var. emarginata * Epithemia turgida (Ehr.) Kutz. var. turgida * Epithemia turgida var. westermanii (Ehr.) Grun. * Epithemia adnata var. minor (Perag. & Herb) Patr. comb. nov. * Epithemia intermedia Fricke var. intermedia * Rhopalodia gibba (Ehr.) 0. Mull. var. gibba * Rhopalodia gibburula (Ehr.) 0. Mull. var. gibberula * Rhopalodia musculus (Kutz.) 0. Mull. var. musculus


Fragilariaceae

* '' Fragilaria bicapitata var. bicapitata'' * '' Fragilaria construens var. binodis'' * '' Fragilaria vaucheriae var. vaucheriae'' * '' Fragilaria virescens var. virescens'' * '' Meridion circulare var. constrictum'' * '' Synedra fasciculata var. truncata'' * '' Synedra ulna var. ulna''


Gomphonemaceae

* Gomphonema affine Kutz. var. affine * Gomphonema affine var. I (Greg.) Andrews * Gomphonema angustatum (Kutz.) Rabh. var. angustatum * Gomphonema parvulum var. micropus Cl. * Gomphonema subclavatum var. commutatum (Grun.) A. Maye


Nitzchiaceae

* Hanzschia amphioxys * Nitzschia angustata var. acuta Grun. * Nitzschia denticulae Grun. * Nitzschia fonticola Grun. * Nitzschia frustulum (Kutz.) Grun. * Nitzschia hungarcia Grun. * Nitzschia ignorata Krasske var. ignorata * Nitzschia palea (Kutz.) W. Sm.


Naviculaceae

* Anomoeoneis sphaerophora var. sphaerophora * Caloneis bacillum (Grun.) Cl. var. bacillum * Caloneis lewisii Patr. var. lewisii * Caloneis limosa (Kutz.) Patr. comb. nov. var. limosa * Caloneis ventricosa var. minuta (Grun.) Patr. comb. nov. * Diploneis elliptica (Kutz.) Cl. var. elliptica * Diploneis didyma (Ehr.) var. didyma * Diploneis pseudovalis Hust. var. pseudovalis * Mastogloia elliptica var. danseii (Thwaites) Cl. * Navicula cuspidata (Kutz.) var. cuspidata * Navicula cuspidata var. maior Meist. * Navicula halophila (Grun.) Cl. var. halophila * Navicula mutica Kutz. var. mutica * Navicula mutica Kutz. var. cohnii (Hilse) Grun. * Navicula peregrina (Ehr.) Kutz. var. peregrina * Navicula pseudoatomus Lund * Navicula radiosa Kutz. var. radiosa * Navicula viridula Kutz. var. slesvicensis (Grun.) Cl. * Navicula pygmaea Kutz. var. pygmaea * Navicula aurora Sov. var. aurora * Navicula laneplata (Ag.) var. lanceolata * Navicula pupula Kutz. var. pupula * Neidium iridis (Ehr.) Cl. var. iridis * Pinnularia brebissonii (Kutz.) Rabh. var. brebissonii * Pinnularia borealis Ehr. var. boreali * Pinnularia viridis (Nitz.) Ehr. var. viridis * Pinnularia intermedia (Lagerst.) Cl. var. intermedia * Stauroneis anceps cf. S. a. linearis (Ehr.) Hust. * Stauroneis laterostrata Hust. * Stauroneis acuta W. Sm. var. acuta


Charophyte green algaes


Characeae

* '' Chara'' sp.


Conifers


Cupressaceae

* ''
Cupressus forbesii ''Cupressus forbesii'', now reclassified by some as ''Hesperocyparis forbesii'', and with the common names Tecate cypress or Forbes' cypress, is a species of cypress native to southwestern North America. Distribution ''Cupressus forbesii'' i ...
'' (Tecate cypress) * ''
Cupressus goveniana ''Cupressus goveniana'', now reclassified as ''Hesperocyparis goveniana'', with the common names Californian cypress and Gowen cypress, is a species of cypress, that is endemic to California. Distribution The tree is endemic to the Monterey Pen ...
'' (Californian cypress) * ''
Cupressus macrocarpa ''Hesperocyparis macrocarpa'' is a coniferous tree. It is commonly known as the Monterey cypress and is one of several species of cypress trees endemic to California. The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of Califor ...
'' (Monterey cypress) * ''
Juniperus californica ''Juniperus californica'', the California juniper, is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America. Description ''Juniperus californica'' is a shrub or small tree reaching , but rarely up to tall. The bark is ashy gray, typically ...
'' (California juniper) * '' Juniperus'' cf. ''J. barbadensis'' * '' Sequoia sempervirens'' (coast redwood)


Pinaceae

* '' Pinus muricata'' (bishop pine) * '' Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) * ''
Pinus sabiniana ''Pinus sabiniana'' (sometimes spelled ''P. sabineana''), with vernacular names including towani pine, foothill pine, gray pine, bull pine, and digger pine, is a pine endemic to California in the United States. Some sources discourage using the n ...
'' (foothill pine)


Monocot flowering plants


Order Poales

* '' Bouteloua'' sp. (grama grass) * '' Bromus'' sp. (brome brasses) * '' Carex'' sp. (true sedges) * ''
Eleocharis ''Eleocharis'' is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (''heleios''), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (''charis'' ...
'' sp. (spikerushes) * '' Festuca'' sp. (fescue) * '' Hilaria'' sp. (curly mesquite) * '' Scirpus'' sp. * '' Sparganium eurycarpum'' (bur-reed) * '' Sporobolus'' sp. (sacaton grass)


Order Alismatales

* '' Najas'' sp. * ''
Potamogeton ''Potamogeton'' is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed (''Elodea canadensis'' ...
'' sp. * '' Sagittaria'' sp. (arrowhead) * ''
Zannichellia palustris ''Zannichellia palustris'', the horned pondweed, is a plant found in fresh to brackish waters in the United States (especially in the Chesapeake Bay), Europe, Asia, Australasia, and South America. It is recognizable by its long, thread like leave ...
'' (horned pondweed)


Order

Liliales Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web system, within the lilioid monocots. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae. The APG III system (2009) place ...

* Sisyrinchium bellum (western blue-eyed grass)


Dicot flowering plants


Order Campanulales

* ''Ambrosia'' sp. * ''Madia'' sp. * ''Hemizonia fasciculata'' * ''Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum'' (syn=''X. s. calvum'') * ''Osmadenia tenella'' (false rosinweed) * ''Artemisia'' sp. (sagebrush) * ''Cirsium'' sp. (thistle)


Juglandaceae

* Juglans californica (California black walnut)


Salicaceae

*
Salix lasiolepis ''Salix lasiolepis'' (arroyo willow) is a species of willow native to western North America. Distribution The core range of the arroyo willow includes most of California, including the California Coast Ranges, Arizona, Klamath Mountains, Penin ...
(arroyo willow)


Ulmaceae

* Celtis reticulata (hackberry)


Betulaceae

* Alnus rhombifolia (white alder)


Fagaceae

* Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak) * Quercus dumosa (Nuttall's scrub oak) * Quercus lobata (valley oak)


Caryophyllales

* Eriogonum sp. * Rumex salicifolius (willowdock)


Chenopodiaceae

* Chenopodium sp. *
Atriplex ''Atriplex'' () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae ''s.l.''. The genus is quite variable and w ...
sp. * Eurotia lanata (winterfat)


Amaranthaceae

* Amaranthus sp.


Portulacaceae

* Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (redmaids) * Montia spathulata


Ranunculaceae

* Ranunculus aquatilis (water-crowfoot) * Ranunculus sp. (buttercup)


Berberidaceae

* Berberis sp. (barberry)


Lauraceae

*
Umbellularia californica ''Umbellularia californica'' is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in th ...
(California bay)


Platanaceae

* Platanus racemosa (Western sycamore)


Rosaceae

* Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise) *
Rubus vitifolius ''Rubus ursinus'' is a North American species of blackberry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids betw ...
(California blackberry)


Anacardiaceae

* Toxicodendron diversilobum (Pacific poison oak)


Aceraceae

*
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
(box elder)


Balsaminaceae

*
Balsamorhiza deltoidea ''Balsamorhiza deltoidea'' is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of the plant family Asteraceae known by the common name deltoid balsamroot. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it gro ...
(deltoid balsamroot)


Rhamnaceae

* Rhamnus californica (California coffeeberry) *
Ceanothus ''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of Actinorhizal plant, nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceano ...
sp.


Malvaceae

* Sphaeralcea sp.


Apiaceae

* Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville * Oenanthe sarmentosa Presl.


Cornaceae

* Cornus californica (dogwood)


Ericaceae

*
Xylococcus bicolor ''Xylococcus'' is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Ericaceae, heather family which contains the single species ''Xylococcus bicolor'', commonly known as the mission manzanita. It is a Lignotuber, burl-forming, evergre ...
*
Arctostaphylos glauca ''Arctostaphylos glauca'' is a species of manzanita known by the common name bigberry manzanita. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodland of coastal and inland hills. Description ''Arctostaphy ...
*
Arctostaphylos insularis ''Arctostaphylos insularis'' is a species of manzanita known by the common name island manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. Description ''Arctostaphylos insularis'' is a large, spreading shr ...
* Arctostaphylos morroensis *
Arctostaphylos pechoensis ''Arctostaphylos pechoensis'' is a species of manzanita known by the common name Pecho manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Pecho Hills southwest of San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo County, California. It is ...
*
Arctostaphylos pungens ''Arctostaphylos pungens'', with the common name pointleaf manzanita, is a species of manzanita. It is native to the Southwestern United States and to northern and central Mexico, where it grows in chaparral and woodland habitats, and on desert r ...
*
Arctostaphylos tomentosa ''Arctostaphylos tomentosa'' is a species of manzanita known by the common name woollyleaf manzanita or woolley manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California. It is a resident of chaparral canyons, foothills, and lower-elevation mountains. One ...
*
Arctostaphylos viscida ''Arctostaphylos viscida'', with the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita, is a species of manzanita. Distribution ''Arctostaphylos viscida'' is a plant of chaparral and coniferous forests of some elevation. It is native to Cali ...


Convolvulaceae

* Convolvulus sp.


Lamiaceae

* Salvia sp.


Scrophulariacaea

* Antirrhinum nuttallianum (Nuttall's snapdragon) * Orthocarpus purpurascens (purple owl's clover)


Verbenaceae

* Verbena spp.


Rubiaceae

* Galium trifidum L. (three-petal bedstraw)


Caprifoliaceae

* Sambucus mexicana (Mexican elderberry)


References


External links


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