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Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
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Coast Ranges
in
Palo Alto
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CA
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Monte Bello Open Space Preserve is a 3,133-acre (12.68 km2) open space preserve, located near Palo Alto in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California, United States. The preserve encompasses the upper Stevens Creek watershed in the valley between Monte Bello Ridge and Skyline Ridge. "Monte Bello" means "beautiful mountain" in Italian, and refers to Black Mountain which is the highest part of Montebello Ridge. The straight valley of upper Stevens Creek is also the rift valley of the San Andreas Fault.
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Coast Ranges
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Pescadero Creek County Park
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Coast Ranges
near
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Sam McDonald County Park
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Coast Ranges
near
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,
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Sanborn County Park
Park
in
Coast Ranges
near
Saratoga
,
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Memorial County Park
Park
in
Coast Ranges
near
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Wunderlich County Park
Park
in
Coast Ranges
near
Woodside
,
CA
Upper Stevens Creek County Park
Park
in
Coast Ranges
near
Loyola
,
CA
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Trails
(12)
FEATURED
White Oak Trail
Trailheads
(1)
FEATURED
Monte Bello Trailhead
Plants
Vinegarweed
Trichostema lanceolatum (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum (species)
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Calochortus luteus
SPECIES ·
“Yellow Mariposa Lily”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Madia
Madia elegans (species)
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Quercus chrysolepis
SPECIES ·
“Canyon Live Oak”, “Canyon Oak”, “Maul Oak”, “Goldcup Oak”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coyote
Canis latrans (species),
“Prairie Wolf”, “American Jackal”, “Brush Wolf”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gray Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (species),
“Grey Fox”, “Tree Fox”, “Mainland Gray Fox”, “North American Gray Fox”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Gray Squirrel
Sciurus griseus (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
California Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica (species),
“Western Scrub-Jay”
504
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
495
Observations
JAN - DEC
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri (species),
“Steller's Blue Jay”
466
Observations
JAN - DEC
Band-Tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas fasciata (species),
“Northern Band-Tailed Pigeon”
447
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus (species)
439
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Argia vivida
SPECIES ·
“Vivid Dancer”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Neoalcis californiaria
SPECIES ·
“Brownlined Looper”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Occidryas chalcedona
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lorquin's Admiral
Limenitis lorquini (species)
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Heteroecus pacificus
SPECIES ·
“Beaked Spindle Gall Wasp”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Tremella aurantia
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pileolaria brevipes
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ganoderma brownii
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ramalina leptocarpha
SPECIES ·
“Cartilage Lichen”, “Western Strap Lichen”, “&Nbsp”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Park
1
Classified As
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