Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Plants |
| Alkali heath | Frankenia salina |
| Beach salt bush | Atriplex leucophylla |
| Beach-bur | Ambrosia chamissonis |
| Black sage | Salvia mellifera |
| Bluegrass, dune | Poa douglasii |
| Bush monkey flower | Mimulus aurantiacus |
| California sagebrush | Artemisia californica |
| Coyote bush | Baccharis pilularis |
| European dune grass (marram) | Ammophila arenaria |
| Fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa |
| Gilia, sand | Gilia teniflora arenaria |
| Hottentot fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Layia, beach | Layia carnos |
| Live-forever | Dudleya farinosa |
| Lizard tail | Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
| Lupine, blue beach | Lupinus chamissonis |
| Lupine, Tidestrom's | Lupinus tidestromii |
| Mock heather | Ericameria ericoides |
| Morning glory, beach | Calystegia macrostegia |
| Paintbrush, Monterey Indian | Castilleja latifolia |
| Pea, silky beach | Lathyrus littoralis |
| Pickleweed | Salicornia viginica |
| Rushes | Juncus spp. |
| Sagewort, beach | Artemisia pycnocephala |
| Salt grass | Distichlis spicata |
| Sea fig | Carpobrotus chilensis |
| Sea rocket | Cakile edentula |
| Sea rocket | Cakile maritima |
| Spineflower, Monterey | Chorizanthe p. pungens |
| Verbena, pink sand | Abronia umbellata |
| Verbena, yellow sand | Abronia latifolia |
| Wallflower, coast | Erysimum ammophilum |
| Wallflower, Yadon's | Erysimum menziesii yadoni |
| Wild rye, beach | Leymus mollis |
| Trees | |
| Santa Lucia fir | Abies bracteata |
| Gowen cypress | Cupressus g. goveniana |
| Monterey cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa |
| Bishop pine | Pinus muricata |
| Monterey Pine | Pinus radiata |
| Torrey pine | Pinus torreyana |
| Oak | Quercus spp. |
| Alder | Alnus spp. |
| Willow | Salix spp. |
| Mammals | |
| Elk | Cervus elaphus nannoides |
| Grizzly | Ursus horribilis |
| Red fox | Vulpes vulpes |
| Sea otter | Enhydra lutris |
| Elephant seal | Mirounga angustirostris |
| Whale (Gray) | Eschrichtius robustus |
| Birds | |
| Pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Coot | Fulica americana |
| Brown pelican | Pelicanus occidentalis |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Caspian tern | Sterna caspia |
| Forster's tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Least tern | Sterna antillarum |
| Western snowy plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus |
| Black-necked stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus |
| Burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Marsh wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Common yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Reptiles | |
| Black legless lizard | Anniella pulchra nigra |
| Silvery legless lizard | Anniella pulchra pulchra |
| California horned lizard | Phrynosoma coronatum frontale |
| Fishes | |
| Salmon | Oncorhynchus spp. |
| Steelhead | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Lamprey | Lampetra tridentata |
| Sculpins | Cottus and Leptocottus spp. |
| Eulachon | Thaleichthys pacificus |
| Herring | Clupea pallasii |
| Tidewater goby | Eucyclogobius newberryi |
| Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus |
| Killifish | Fundulus parvipinnis |
| Starry flounder | Platichthys stellatus |
| Surf perch | Cymatogaster aggregata |
| Arthropods | |
| Beach isopod | Alloniscus perconvexus |
| Beach hopper | Megalorchestia spp. |
| Beach hopper | Traskorchestia traskiana |
| Kelp fly | Coelopidae |
| Staphylinid beetle | Staphylinidae |
| Globose dune beetle | Coelus globosus |
| Smith's blue butterfly | Euphilotes enoptes smithi |
