Species Lists
Special Status Species: Coastal Dunes
Status Codes:
Endangered: Listed as Endangered by the State of California or the Federal GovernmentThreatened: 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
Status Codes | Occurrence in County x (yes); - (no); blank(information not available) |
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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 |