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San Mateo Coastal Hills
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The San Mateo Coastal Hills ecoregion has lower relief and elevations than Ecoregion 1n, with more coastal scrub vegetation and a few small areas of cropland rather than the denser forest and woodland of the Santa Cruz Mountains ecoregion (1n). Marine terraces, coastal benches, and small valleys are the primary landforms. Elevations range from sea level to about 1,000 feet. Pliocene sandstone and siltstone are the main rock types compared to the mix of geology in Ecoregion 1n that includes older sedimentary and some igneous rocks. Mollisols are typical, with mostly thermic to isomesic temperature regimes. Soil moisture regimes are mostly xeric and ustic. Summer fog is common and winters are cool and moist.
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Plants
Yellow Bush Lupine
Lupinus arboreus (species)
81
Observations
JAN - DEC
Halosaccion glandiforme
SPECIES
71
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cryptopleura ruprechtiana
SPECIES
67
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
SPECIES ·
“Seaside Woolly Sunflower”
67
Observations
JAN - DEC
European Searocket
Cakile maritima (species),
“Sea Rocket”
67
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
64
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Elephant Seal
Mirounga angustirostris (species)
62
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina (species),
“Common Seal”, “Harbour Seal”
54
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus (species)
52
Observations
JAN - DEC
Brush Rabbit
Sylvilagus bachmani (species),
“Riparian Brush Rabbit”
51
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia (species)
19,211
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys (species)
17,520
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis (species)
17,143
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
16,884
Observations
JAN - DEC
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna (species)
15,602
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos (species)
51
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coccinella septempunctata
SPECIES ·
“7-Spot Ladybird”, “Seven-Spot Ladybird”
41
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata (species)
36
Observations
JAN - DEC
Rhopalomyia californica
SPECIES ·
“Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge”
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Papilio rutulus
SPECIES ·
“Western Tiger Swallowtail”
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Ramalina leptocarpha
SPECIES ·
“Cartilage Lichen”, “Western Strap Lichen”, “&Nbsp”
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
SPECIES
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coprinus comatus
SPECIES ·
“Shaggy Ink Cap”, “Lawyers' Wig”, “Shaggy Mane”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Helvella vespertina
SPECIES
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Puccinia malvacearum
SPECIES
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
San Mateo Coastal Hills
San Mateo Coastal Hills
San Mateo Coastal Hills
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