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Plant Species List:
Brittle-fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
Coastal wood-fern (Dryopteris arguta)
Cavillers lip-fern (Cheilanthes covillei)
Coastal lip-fern (Cheilanthes intertexta)
Coffee-fern (Pellea andromedaefolia)
Birds-foot Cliff-brake (Pellea mucronata)
Gold-fern (Pityrograma triangularis)
Western bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
White fir (Abies concolor)
Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana)
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Western yew (Taxus brevifolia)
California nutmeg (Torreya californica)
Onion (Allium sp.)
Sierra onion (Allium campanulatum)
Fringed onion (Allium fimbriatum)
Brodiaea (Brodiaea sp.)
Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans)
Tripletlily (Brodiaea laxa)
Northern saitas (Brodiaea pulchella)
Twining Brodiaea (Brodiaea volubilis)
Sedge (Carex sp.)
Bent-grass (Agrostis sp.)
Redtop (Agrostis alba)
Silveryhair-grass (Aira caryophyllea)
Slender wildoat (Avena barbata)
Brome grass (Bromus sp.)
Ripgut (Bromus diandrus)
Soft chess (Bromus mollis)
Orcutt's brome grass (Bromus orcuttianus)
Foxtail brome grass (Bromus rubens)
Downy brome grass (Bromus tectorum)
Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata)
Western rye grass (Elymus g l a u c u s )
Western six-weeks fescue (Festuca megalura)
Pacific fescue (Festuca pacifica)
Few-flowered fescue (Festuca reflexa)
Barley (Hordeum sp. )
Western melica (Melica californica)
Small-flowered melica (Melica imperfects)
Witch grass (Panicum sp.)
Bluegrass (Poa sp.)
Malpais bluegrass (Poa scabrella)
Maritime beard grass (Polypogon maritimus)
Hartweg's iris (Irishartwegii)
Sierra rush (Juncus nevadensis)
Common rush (Juncus effusus)
Purple fairy lantern (Calochortus amoenus)
Butterfly mariposa (Chalochortus venustus)
Common soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
Hooker's fairy bell (Disporum hookeri)
Lily (Lilium sp.)
Leopard lily (Lilium pardilinum)
Western Solomons seal (Smilacina racemosa)
Tule cattail (Typha domingensis)
Broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)
California false hellebore (Veratrum californicum)
Pacific poison oak (Rhus diversiloba)
Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Hartweg's wild ginger (Asarum hartwegii)
Indian milkweed (Asclepias eriocarpa)
Narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
White alder (Alnus rhombifolia)
Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
Fiddle-neck (Amsinkia sp. )
Common fiddle-neck (Amsinkia intermedia)
Rusty popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvous)
Chaparral honeysuckle (Lonicera interrupta)
Blue elderberry (Sambucus caerulea)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpus sp.)
Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpus acutus)
Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium viscosum)
California Indian pink (Silene californica)
Lemmon's campion (Silene lemonii)
Middle-sized sand spurry (Spergularia media)
Shiny chickweed (Stellaria nitens)
Mountain dandelion (Agaseris sp.)
Pearly everlasting (Anophalis margaritacea)
Mugwort (Artemisia sp.)
Douglas' mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana)
Aster (Aster sp.)
Long-leaved aster (Aster adscendens)
Arrow-leaved balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)
Thistle (Cirsium sp.)
Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Yellow yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Common woolly-sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum)
Western Eupatorium (Eupatroium occidentale)
White everlasting (Gnaphalium microcephalum)
Cuneate-leaved ericameria (Haplopappus cuneatus)
California helianthella (Helianthella californica)
Heerman's tarweed (Holocarpha heermanii)
Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
Sierra lessingia (Lessingia leptoclada)
Madia (Madia sp.)
Common madia (Madia elegans)
Tall stephanomeria (Stephanomeria virgata)
Dogweed (Cornus sp.)
Mountain dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
Lax dudleya (Dudleya cymosa)
Pacific stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
Shortpod mustard (Brassica genticulata)
Cooper's caulanthus (Caulanthus coul teri)
Durango root (Datisca glomerata)
Watercress (Nasturtium officianale)
Hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officianale)
Hairy fringe pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes)
Douglas' wallflower (Erysimum capita tum)
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.)
Mariposa manzanita (Arctostaphylos mariposa)
Indian manzanita (Arctostaphylos mewukka)
Western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)
Turkey mullein (Eremocarpus setigerus)
Canyon oak (Quercus chrysolepsis)
Blue oak (Quercus douglasii)
Oregon oak (Quercus garryana)
California black oak (Quercus kelloggii)
Sierra live oak (Quercus wislizenii)
Oracle oak (Quercus morehus)
Ashy silk-tassel (Garrya flavenscens)
Beautiful centaury (Centaurium venustum)
California buckeye (Aesculus californica)
Draperia (Draperia systyla)
California yerba santa (Eriodictyon californicum)
Eastwood's nemophila (Nemophila pulchella)
Phacelia (Phacelia sp.)
Waterleaf Phacelia (Phacelia hydrophylloides)
Scouler's St. John's wort (Hypericum formosom)
Mustang mint (Monardella lanceolata)
Mountain monardella (Monardella odoratissima)
Bolanderrs skullcap (Scutellaria bolanderi)
Gray-leaved skullcap (Scutellaria siphocampyloides)
White hedge nettle (Stachys albens)
Mountain blue curls (Trichostema oblongum)
California laurel (Umbellularia californica)
Brewer's pea (Lathyrus sulphureus)
Hosackia (Lotus sp.)
Narrow-leaved hosackia (Lotus oblongifolius)
Platycarpus (Lupinus sp.)
Lindey's annual lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
Stiverr s annual lupine (Lupinus stiversii)
Clover (Trifolium sp.)
Gray's clover (Trifolium grayi)
Small-headed clover (Trifolium microcephalum)
Dark-headed clover (Trifolium variegatum)
Hairy mistletoe (Phoradendron villosum)
Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
Dense flowered Boisduvalia (Boisduvalia densiflora)
Narrow-leaved Boisduvalia (Boisduvalia stricta)
Clarkia (Clarkia sp.)
Speckled clarkia (Clarkia cyl indrica)
Dudley's clarkia (Clarkia dudleyana)
Rhomboid clarkia (Clarkia rhomboidea)
Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguicula ta)
Willow herb (Epilobium sp.)
California willow herb (Epilobium adenocaulon)
Varied-seeded gayophytum (Gayophytum heterozygum)
Field primrose (Oenothera dentata)
California fuschia (Zauschneria californica)
Sparsely flowered bog orchid (Habenaria sparsiflora)
Chaparral broomrape (Orobanche bulbosa)
Clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)
Tree poppy (Dendromecon rigida)
Tufted eschscholzia (Eschscholzia caespitosa)
Large-flowered Collomia (Collomia grandifl ora)
Whisker-brush (Linanthus cilia tus)
Mustang clover (Linanthus montanus)
Eriogonum (Eriogonum sp.)
Naked-stemmed eriogonum (Eriogonum nudum)
Dock (Rumex sp.)
Sheep sorrel (Rumex angiocarpus)
Willow dock (Rumex californicus)
Miner's lettuce (Montia perfoliata)
Hansenrs shooting star (Dodecatheon hansenii)
Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea)
Northwest crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
Western buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis)
Common buck-brush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
Pine-mat (Ceanothus diversifolius)
Deer brush (Ceanothus integerrimus)
Chaparral whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis)
California coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica)
Redberry (Rhamnus crocea)
Common chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Pallid service-berry (Amelanchier pallida)
California mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides)
Mountain misery (Chamaebatia foliolosa)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla sp.)
Western choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
Rose (Rosa sp.)
California rose (Rosa californica)
White-stemmed raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
Thimble berry (Rubus parviflorus)
Goose grass (Galium aparine)
Climbing bedstraw (Galium nuttallii)
Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
Willow (Salix sp.)
Arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis)
Pale commandra (Comandra pal1ida)
Heuchera (Heuchera sp.)
Small-flowered heuchera (Heuchera micrantha)
Hill star (Lithophragma bolanderi)
Sierra Nevada phacelia (Ribes nevadense)
Sierra gooseberry (Ribes roezlii)
Child's blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia childii)
Sticky Chinese houses (Collinsia tinctoria)
Monkey-flower (Mimulus sp.)
Yellow-and-white monkey-flower (Mimulus bicolor)
Scarlet monkey-flower (Mimulus cardinalis)
Floriferous monkey-flower (Mimulus floribundus)
Common large monkey-flower (Mimulus guttatus)
Least-flowered monkey-flower (Mimulus leptaleus)
Salmon bush monkey-flower (Mimulus longiflorus)
Palmer's monkey-flower (Mimulus palmeri)
Torrey's monkey-flower (Mimulus torreyi)
Viscid monkey-flower (Mimulus viscidus)
Indian warrier (Pedicularis densiflora)
Penstemon (Penstemon sp.)
Gaping penstemon (Penstemon breviflorus)
Grinell' s penstemon (Penstemon grinellii)
Gay penstemon (Penstemon laetus)
Mountain pride (Penstemon newberryi)
Woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
California fremontia (Fremontodendron californica)
Gray's lovage (Ligusticum grayi)
California sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza brachypoda)
Yampah (Perideridia sp.)
Western verbena (Verbena lasiostachys)
Goosefoot yellow violet (Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum)
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Avian Species List:
Below are lists of wildlife species for the Blue Ridge Wildlife Habitat Area. These species occur on and/or near the Blue Ridge NWR.
RAPTORS:
BRNWR provides foraging, nesting, and wintering habitat for a variety of raptors.
Raptors Species Include:
- Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
- Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
- Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
- Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- American kestrel (Fa1co sparverius)
- Western screech owl (0tus kennicottii)
- Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
- Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus)
MIGRATORY RESIDENT AVIAN SPECIES:
Below is a list of avian species identified on or near BRNWR during 1983 and 1984.
Migratory and Resident Avian Species Include:
- Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
- California quail (Callipepla californica)
- Mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus)
- Rock dove (Columba livia)
- Band-tailed pigeon (Columba fasciata)
- Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californicanus)
- Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- Common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
- Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
- White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
- Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
- Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Lewis' woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
- Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Nuttall's woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)
- Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorous)
- White-headed woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
- Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
- Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villocosus)
- Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
- Ash-throated flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
- Purple martin (Progne subis)
- Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Western kingbird ( Tyrannus verticalis)
- Western wood peewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
- Western flycatcher (Empidonaz difficilis)
- Cliff swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
- Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Stellar's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
- Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
- Common raven (Corvus corax)
- Mountain chickadee (Parus gambeli)
- Plain titmouse (Parus inornatus)
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
- American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Brown creeper (Certhia americanus)
- House wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Bewick's wren ( Thryomanes bewickii)
- Rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
- Canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
- Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
- California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
- Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- American robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
- Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula)
- Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Solitary vireo (Vireo solitarius)
- Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Orange-crowned warbler (Vermivora celata)
- Nashville warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
- Yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)
- Townsend's warbler (Dendroica townsendi)
- Hermit warbler (Dendroica occidentalis)
- Wilson's warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
- Black-throated gray warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
- MacGillivrayf s warbler (Oporornis tolmiei)
- Northern oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Purple finch (Carpodacus pupureus)
- House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
- Cassin's finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
- Pine siskin (Carduelis pinus)
- Lawrence's goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei)
- Lesser goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
- Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
- Rufous-sided towhee (Pipilo erythropthalmus)
- California towhee (Pipilo fuscus)
- Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Fox sparrow (Passerella illiaca)
- Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
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MAMMALS:
The following mammals have been identified on or near BRNWR and the surrounding area:
- Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Shrew (Sorex sp.)
- Broad-handed mole (Scalopus latimanus)
- California myotis (Myotis californica)
- Beechey ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
- Merriam chipmunk (Eutamias merriami)
- Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus)
- Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
- Botta pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)
- California mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
- Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
- Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
- Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida)
- Meadow mouse (Microtus sp.)
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Black bear (Ursus americanus)
- Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- Mountain lion (Felis concolor)
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
- Feral pig (Sus scrofa)
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
- Ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)
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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES :
The following amphibian and reptile species have been identified on or near BRNWR:
- Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla)
- Rubber snake (Charina bottae)
- Racer (Coluber consricter)
- Gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
- Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
- Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
- Northern alligator lizard (Gerhonotus coeruleus)
- Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum)
- Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
- Western whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris)
- Gilbert's skink (Eumeces gilberti)
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BUTTERFLIES:
The following butterfly species have been identified on or near the BRNWR:
- Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
- Square-spotted blue (Euphilotes battoides)
- Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
- California sister (Adelpha bedowii)
- Lorquin's admiral (Basilarchia lorquini)
- Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
- Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Chakedon checkerspot (Occidrys chalcedona)
- Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
- Western swallowtail (Pterourus rutulus)
- Pale swallowtail (Pterourus eurymedon)
- Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
- European cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae)
- California ringlet (Coenonympha californica)
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