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Southern Sierran Foothills
Ecoregion
in
Sierra Nevada
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CA
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The moderately steep hills and low mountains of the Southern Sierran Foothills ecoregion represent a transition from the Central California Valley (7) to the Sierra Nevada (5). Ecoregion 6c is somewhat warmer and drier than Ecoregion 6b to the north, but not as arid as Ecoregion 6ae to the south. The soil temperature regime is thermic and soil moisture regime is xeric. Vegetation includes blue oak, needlegrass and annual grasslands, chamise, ceanothus, mixed oaks, and foothill pine. Woodlands increase in the high elevation and eastern parts of the region.
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Plants
Spider Lupine
Lupinus benthamii (species)
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
Glassy Onion
Allium hyalinum (species)
23
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lupinus bicolor
SPECIES ·
“Miniature Lupine”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harlequin Annual Lupine
Lupinus stiversii (species)
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
Helianthus winteri
SPECIES
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Peromyscus maniculatus
SPECIES ·
“Deer Mouse”, “North American Deermouse”
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis (species),
“Southern Marsh Harvest Mouse”
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates catesbeianus
SPECIES ·
“American Bullfrog”, “Bullfrog”, “Common Bullfrog”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus (species),
“Black Bear”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Toad
Anaxyrus boreas (species),
“Boreal Toad”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus (species)
9,706
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica (species),
“Western Scrub-Jay”
7,750
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
7,625
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus (species),
“Plain Titmouse”, “Parus Inornatus”
6,824
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis (species),
“Chickenhawk”
6,438
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Coleophora discostriata
SPECIES
44
Observations
JAN - DEC
Anopheles franciscanus
SPECIES
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Amara aurata
SPECIES
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pterostichus panticulatus
SPECIES
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pterostichus ordinarius
SPECIES
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Umbilicaria phaea
SPECIES ·
“Navel Lichen”, “Emery Rock Tripe”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Contumyces rosellus
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Lactarius xanthogalactus
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Bolbitius
GENUS
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
Southern Sierran Foothills
Southern Sierran Foothills
Southern Sierran Foothills
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