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Santa Lucia Coastal Forest and Woodland
Ecoregion
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Coast Ranges
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The Santa Lucia Coastal Forest and Woodland ecoregion is a near-coastal zone that stretches from Carmel Bay in the north to near Salmon Creek in the south. It has more Douglas-fir, tanoak, redwoods, rain, and fog than the more interior parts of the Santa Lucia Range, and has a dense shrub understory. With steep relief (elevations range from sea level to about 4,000 feet), landslides are frequent, especially during heavy winter rains. Some of the high-gradient streams support anadromous fish such as steelhead trout. Coastal tourism is economically important.
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Plants
Endocladia muricata
SPECIES
302
Observations
JAN - DEC
Neorhodomela larix
SPECIES
301
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mazzaella affinis
SPECIES
298
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum (species)
52
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
SPECIES ·
“Seaside Woolly Sunflower”
45
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
55
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina (species),
“Common Seal”, “Harbour Seal”
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi (species)
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus (species),
“Californian Sea Lion”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Brush Rabbit
Sylvilagus bachmani (species),
“Riparian Brush Rabbit”
17
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura (species)
10,505
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica (species),
“Western Scrub-Jay”
8,927
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens (species)
8,801
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
8,232
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
7,843
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Occidryas chalcedona
SPECIES
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera (species),
“Honey Bee”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ochlodes sylvanoides
SPECIES ·
“Woodland Skipper”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hippodamia convergens
SPECIES ·
“Convergent Lady Beetle”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Ramalina leptocarpha
SPECIES ·
“Cartilage Lichen”, “Western Strap Lichen”, “&Nbsp”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cryptoporus volvatus
SPECIES
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gymnopilus ventricosus
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Niebla homalea
SPECIES ·
“Niebla Lichen”, “Armored Fog Lichen”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
Santa Lucia Coastal Forest and Woodland
Santa Lucia Coastal Forest and Woodland
Santa Lucia Coastal Forest and Woodland
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