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Status Codes:

Endangered: Listed as Endangered by the State of California or the Federal Government

Threatened: Listed as Threatened by the State of California or the Federal Government

Depleted: Depleted according the Marine Mammal Protection Act (special status)

Category 1: Candidate for listing by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (sufficient biological information available to support a proposal to list taxa as Endangered or Threatened)

Category 2: Candidate for listing by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (existing information indicates taxa may warrant listing, butsubstantial biological information necessary to support a proposed rule is lacking)

CSC: California Department of Fish and Game "Species of Special Concern"

SCT: California Candidate for listing as Threatened

FSS: Federal Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Service Sensitive Species

SPL: Species proposed for listing

* Taxa listed with an asterisk fall into one or more of the following categories:

1. Taxa that are biologically rare, very restricted in distribution, declining throughout their range, or at a critical stage in their life cycle when residing in California.

2. Populations(s) in California that may be peripheral to the major portion of a taxon's range, but which are threatened with extirpation within California.

3. Taxa closely associated with a habitat that is declining in California (e.g., wetlands, riparian, old growth forest). + The coast wide status of all Chinook runs is currently being reviewed for the California, Oregon and Washington coasts. Within the MBNMS boundaries the Spring, late Fall and San Joaquin Fall runs are considered to have depressed populations.

CNPS: California Native Plant Society CNPS Codes:
1B: Rare, threatened or endangered in California and elsewhere
4: Limited distribution, which may lead to species becoming rare, threatened or endangered

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Status Codes Occurrence in County
x (yes); - (no); blank(information not available)
Common Name Scientific Name
Genus species
State Status Federal Status Other Marin County San Mateo County Santa Cruz County Monterey County San Luis Obispo County

Plants

Surf thistle Cirsium rhothophilum (possibly in MBNMS, in Nipomo dunes) Threatened Category 1 CNPS 1B - - - - x
Beach spectacle pod Dithyrea maritima Threatened Category 1 CNPS 1B - - - - x
Marsh sandwort Arenaria paludicola Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B - - - - x
Hearst's manzanita Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp hearstiorum Endangered Category 2 CNPS 1B - - - - x
Nipomo mesa lupine Lupinus nipomensis Endangered Category 1 CNPS 1B - - - - x
Beach Layia Layia carnosa Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B x - - x -
Menzies' wallflower Erysimum menziesii ssp menziesii Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B - - - x -
Yadon's wallflower Erysimum menziesii ssp yadonii Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B - - - x -
Coastal dunes milk-vetch Astragalus tener var titi Endangered Category 1 CNPS 1B - - - x -
Tidestrom's lupine Lupinus tidestromii Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B x - - x -
Monterey spineflower Chorizanthe pungens var pungens None Threatened CNPS 1B - x x -
Robust spineflower Chorizanthe robusta var robusta None Endangered CNPS 1B - x x x -
Sand Gilia Gilia tenuiflora ssp arenaria Threatened Endangered CNPS 1B - - - x -
Seaside bird's-beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp littoralis Endangered Category 1 CNPS 1B - - - x -
Adobe sanicle Sanicula maritima Rare Category 2 CNPS 1B - - - x x
Marin bent grass Agrostis blasdalei var marinensis (=A. blasdalei) Rare Category 2 x - - - -
Salt marsh bird's-beak Cordylanthus maritimus ssp maritimus Endangered Endangered CNPS 1B - - - - x
California sea blite Suaeda californica (possibly in MBNMS, in Nipomo dunes) None Endangered CNPS 1B - - - - x
Monterey Indian paintbrush Castilleja latifolia CNPS 4 x? x?
Yadon's piperia Piperia yadoni None Category 1 CNPS 1B x x
Eastwood's golden fleece Ericameria fasciculata None Category 2 CNPS 1B x

Insects

Smith's blue butterfly Euphilotes enoptes smithi None Endangered x x
Globose dune beetle Coelus globosus None Category 2

Herpetia

California horned lizard Phrynosoma coronatum frontale CSC None
Reviewed: September 08, 2023
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