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Northern Sierran Foothills
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Sierra Nevada
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CA
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The Northern Sierran Foothills consist of moderately steep to steep mountains and hills at the western foot of the northern and central Sierra Nevada. The Melones Fault Zone is in this unit. Geology is a complex mix of mafic volcanics, granodiorite, slate and graywacke, argillite and quartzite, and some ultramafic bands of peridotite and serpentinite. The soil temperature regime is thermic and soil moisture regime is xeric. Common vegetation includes needlegrass and annual grasslands, chamise, manzanita, interior live oak, ceanothus, blue oak, and foothill pine. Runoff is rapid; streams drain to the Feather, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Rivers.
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Plants
Lupinus nanus
SPECIES ·
“Sky Lupine”
95
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lupinus bicolor
SPECIES ·
“Miniature Lupine”
90
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Fig
Ficus carica (species),
“Fig Plant”, “Fig”, “Edible Fig”
81
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica (species)
80
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum (species)
68
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pseudacris sierra
SPECIES
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi (species)
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
Sierra Newt
Taricha sierrae (species)
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus (species)
30,287
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica (species),
“Western Scrub-Jay”
30,270
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus (species),
“Plain Titmouse”, “Parus Inornatus”
28,705
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria (species)
26,387
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus (species),
“Mexican House Finch”
25,572
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Battus philenor
SPECIES ·
“Pipevine Swallowtail”
48
Observations
JAN - DEC
Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum corruptum (species)
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coenonympha california
SPECIES
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera (species),
“Honey Bee”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Argia vivida
SPECIES ·
“Vivid Dancer”
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Omphalotus olivascens
SPECIES
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Umbilicaria phaea
SPECIES ·
“Navel Lichen”, “Emery Rock Tripe”
14
Observations
JAN - DEC
Tremella aurantia
SPECIES
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum hirsutum
SPECIES
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Evernia prunastri
SPECIES ·
“Oakmoss”, “Ring Lichen”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
Northern Sierran Foothills
Northern Sierran Foothills
Northern Sierran Foothills
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