List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area explained
This is a list of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, the nine California counties which border on San Francisco Bay. The area has a number of highly diverse, local bioregions, including San Bruno Mountain.
Flora
A
- Acanthomintha duttonii, common names San Mateo thornmint or Dutton's acanthomintha, found at Montara Mountain in San Mateo County[1]
- Amsinckia grandiflora, common name large-flowered fiddleneck, found near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County[2]
- Arctostaphylos bakeri, common name Baker's manzanita, found in Sonoma County[3]
- Arctostaphylos densiflora, common name Vine Hill manzanita, found on land owned and protected by the California Native Plant Society, near Sebastopol, in Sonoma County[4]
- Arctostaphylos hookeri, common name Franciscan manzanita, found in The Presidio, San Francisco, in San Francisco County[5]
- Arctostaphylos imbricata, common name San Bruno Mountain manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County[6]
- Arctostaphylos montaraensis, common name Montara manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain and Montara Mountain in San Mateo County[7]
- Arctostaphylos pallida, common names pallid manzanita, Oakland Hills manzanita, and Alameda manzanita, found in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area[8]
- Arctostaphylos virgata, common names Bolinas manzanita and Marin manzanita, found in Marin County[9]
B
- Blennosperma bakeri, common names Baker's stickyseed and Sonoma sunshine, found in Sonoma County
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Fauna
Endangered or extinct
Notes and References
- Andrew Kratter, Report of endangered species search and vegetative survey of the Polhemus Property at the northeast corner of the intersection of Ralston Avenue and State Route 92, San Mateo, Earth Metrics file reference 7649W0, prepared for San Mateo County, California, July, 1989
- Web site: National Collection of Imperiled Plants - Plant Profiles . 2014-07-27 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231302/http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/Collection/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=114 . 2015-09-18 .
- Web site: USDA Plants Database.
- http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=213 Center for Plant Conservation
- Web site: National Collection of Imperiled Plants - Plant Profiles . 2015-09-14 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151113053910/http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=13182 . 2015-11-13 .
- http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=223 Center for Plant Conservation Profile
- http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3503 Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos montaraensis
- http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3515 Jepson Manual Treatment: Arctostaphylos pallida
- http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3543 Jepson Manual Treatment — Arctostaphylos virgata