Appendix F Wildlife and Species Occurring within the Project Area

Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 1 of 9)

Status Federal/ / Common Name (Scientific Name) Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR CVWD IID

INVERTEBRATES Andrew’s Dune Scarab Beetle SC X (Pseudocotalpa andrewsi) California Floater (Anodonta FS X californiensis) Cheeseweed Moth Lacewing SC X (Oliaroes dara) Coachella Giant Sand Treader SC X Cricket (Macrobaenetes valgum) Jerusalem SC X Cricket (Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis) Mojave Desert Blister Beetle SC X (Lytta inseparata) AMPHIBIANS Arroyo Southwestern Toad FE/CSC Mainly west of the desert in Southern California X X (Bufo microscaphus californicus)

Colorado River Toad (Bufo CE Mainly southeast of California. Temporary pools and X alarius) irrigation ditches are favored breeding habitat. Arizona Toad (Bufo microscaphus --/CDFG Headwaters and tributaries to Colorado River X microscaphus) Protected California Red-Legged Frog FT/CSC X (Rana aurora draytonii) Couch’s Spadefoot Toad --/CSC Mesquite savanna, creosote bush desert X X (Scaphiopus couuchii) Desert Slender Salamander FE/CE Palm oases X X (Batrachoseps aridus) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 2 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

AMPHIBIANS Lowland Leopard Frog (Rana --/CSC/ Usually found close to water X X X yavapaiensis) ASC Northern Leopard Frog (Rana --/CSC/ Found in a variety of habitats, more adapted to cold X pipiens) ASC than other leopard frogs. Glen Canyon and Kanab Creek REPTILES Banded Gila Monster (Heloderma --/CSC Shrubby, grassy areas of the desert X suspectum cinctum) Barefoot Banded Gecko (Coelonyx --/CSC Arid hillsides and canyons X switaki) Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed FT/CE Loose sand X X Lizard (Uma inornata) Colorado Fringed-Toed Lizard --/CSC/ Loose sand X X (Uma notata notata) AC Desert Rosy Boa BLM Arid habitats, such as Gila and Castle Dome X (Lichanum trivirgata gracia) sensitive Desert Tortoise (Gopherus FT/CT/AC Widespread, but rapidly declining population densities X X X X agassizii) Flat-tailed Horned Lizard CDFG Fine sand X X X (Phrynosoma mcalli) protected/ AT Mohave Fringe-Tailed Lizard AE Loose sand X (Uma scoparia) Northern Red-Diamond --/CSC X Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber ruber) Sandstone Night Lizard (Xantusia --/CSC X henshawi gracilis) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 3 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

REPTILES Silvery Legless Lizard (Anniella --/CSC Loose sand for burrowing X pulchra pulchra) Sonoran Mud Turtle (Kinosternon --/CSC Streams and ponds X X sonoriense) FISH Bonytail Chub FE/CE/AE X (Gila elegans) Desert Pupfish FE/CE/AE X X X X (Cyprinodon macularius) Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys -/CSC X osculus) Colorado Pikeminnow FE/CE/AE Favored in deep, slow moving water. Now extirpated X (Ptychocheilus locius) from Colorado River Razorback Sucker FE/CE/AE X X (Xyrauchen texanus) BIRDS Aleutian Canada Goose FT/— Very rare in Southern California X (Branta canadensis leucopareia) American Peregrine Falcon --/CE Widely distributed, but scarce in desert habitats X X X X (Falco peregrinus anatum) (Federally delisted in 1999) Double Crested Cormorant --/CSC X (Phalacrocorax auritus) American White Pelican --/CSC Shallow-water lakes X X X X (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 4 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

BIRDS Arizona Bell’s Vireo --/CE Dense riparian habitat; Lower Portion of the Colorado X X (Vireo bellii arizonae) River south of Needles Bald Eagle FT/CE/AE Large lakes and reservoirs X X X (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black Skimmer (Rhinchops niger) --/CSC Breeds on low sandbars and dikes Forages over shallow X (Rynchops niger) water Black Tern --/CSC Freshwater ponds, marshes, and flooded agricultural X X (Chlidonias niger) fields Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher --/CSC Coastal sage scrub X X (Polioptila melanura) Burrowing Owl --/CSC Flat grasslands, agricultural fields X X X (Athene cunicularia) California Black Rail --/CT/AE Cattail and bulrush marshes X X X X (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) California Brown Pelican FE/CE Significant numbers at the Salton Sea, especially in X X X (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) summer. Some recent breeding California Least Tern FE/CE Ponds X X (Sterna antillarum browni) Clark’s Grebe --/--/AC Marsh-bordered channel X (Aechomophorus clarki) Cooper’s Hawk --/CSC Riparian woodlands, especially near water X X X X (Accipiter cooperii) Crissal Thrasher --/CSC Dense desert scrub, mesquite X X (Toxostoma crissale) Double-Crested Cormorant --/CSC Nesting colonies only X X (Phalacrocorax auritus) Elf Owl --/CE Desert oases, springs. Very rare in California X X (Micrathene whitneyi) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 5 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

BIRDS Ferruginous Hawk --/CSC Grasslands, plains, valleys, and agricultural lands X X X (Buteo regalis) Fulvous Whistling Duck --/CSC Freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers X X X (Dendrocygna bicolor) Gila Woodpecker --/CE Saguaro, date palm, cottonwood forests X X (Melanerpes uropygialis) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) -/CSC Nesting habitat includes trees and cliffs. Range includes x grasslands, valleys, meadowlands; all open areas. Gilded Flicker --/CE Joshua Trees, riparian woodlands X X (Colaptes auratus) Gray Vireo --/CSC Juniper, dry chaparral X (Vireo vicinior) Great Blue Heron CDFG Rookeries only X X X X (Ardea herodias) sensitive Great Egret CDFG Rookeries only X X X X (Casmerodius albus) sensitive Greater Sandhill Crane --/CT Agricultural land, grain and stubble fields X (Grus canadensis tabida) Gull-Billed Tern --/CSC Shorelines, agricultural lands X X (Sterna nilotica vanrossemi) Harris’ Hawk --/CSC Cottonwood forests, mesquite, saguaro X X (Parabuteo unicinctus) Large-Billed Savannah Sparrow --/CSC Tamarisk scrub bordering canals and Salton Sea X X X (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus) Least Bell’s Vireo FE/CE Dense riparian X X (Vireo bellii pusillus) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 6 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

BIRDS Le Conte’s Thrasher --/CSC Widespread in desert habitats exclusive of agricultural X X (Toxostoma lecontei) land Least Bittern --/--/AC Dense cattails X (Ixobrychus exilis) Loggerhead Shrike --/CSC Oases, desert scrub, Joshua Trees, open mesquite fields X X X X (Lanius ludovicianus) Long-Billed Curlew --/CSC Shorelines, ponds, and agricultural land X X X (Numenius americanus) Long-Eared Owl --/CSC Dense stands of trees, such as tamarisk X X X (Asio otus) Merlin --/CSC Various habitats, especially near water X X X (Falco columbarius) Mountain Plover FPT/CSC Plains, hills, agricultural land X X X (Charadrius montanus) Northern Harrier --/CSC Savannas, grasslands, agricultural areas X X X X (Circus cyaneus) Osprey --/CSC/AT Lakes, rivers X X X X (Pandion haliaetus) Prairie Falcon --/CSC Widespread throughout desert areas X X X X (Falco mexicanus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) --/CSC Rare, probably only transients X Sharp-Shinned Hawk --/CSC Woodlands X X X X (Accipiter striatus) Short-Eared Owl --/CSC Marshes, grasslands, agricultural land X X X (Asio flammeus) Snowy Egret --/--/A Breeding colonies in new sites near Bullhead City X (Egretta thule) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 7 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

BIRDS Southwestern Willow Flycatcher FE/CE/AE Dense willow riparian, tamarisk X X X (Empidonax traillii extimus) Summer Tanager --/CSC Cottonwoods, tamarisks, oases X X X (Piranga rubra) Swainson’s Hawk --/CT Savannas, agricultural land, Joshua Trees X X X (Buteo swainsoni) Western Least Bittern --/CSC Densely vegetated freshwater marshes X X X X (Ixobrychus exilis) Western Snowy Plover (inland --/CSC Alkaline flats and shorelines X X X X population) (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo --/CE/AT Dense riparian areas X X X (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) White-Faced Ibis --/CSC Marshes, flooded agricultural fields X X X X (Plegadis chihi) White-tailed Kite (Elanus --/CFP Grasslands, savannas X X leucurus) Wood Stork --/CSC Sloughs, lagoons, and marshes X X (Mycteria americana) Yellow Warbler --/CSC Riparian habitat X X X (Dendroica petechia brewsteri) Yellow-breasted Chat --/CSC Dense riparian X X X (Icteria virens) Yuma Clapper Rail FE/CT/AT Marshes X X X X (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) MAMMALS Big Free-Tailed Bat --/CSC Upper Sonoran X X (Nyctinomops [=Tadarida] macrotis) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 8 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

MAMMALS California Leaf-Nosed Bat --/CSC/ Hottest parts of Lower Sonoran Zone X X X (Macrotus californicus) AC Colorado River Cotton Rat --/CSC X X (Sigmodon arizonae plenus) Greater Western Mastiff Bat --/CSC Arid and semi-arid lowlands X X X (Eumops perotis) Jacumba Little Pocket Mouse --/CSC Sandy soils, Lower Sonoran Zone X (Perognathus longimembris internationalis) Jaguar (Felis onca arizonensis) FE/--/AE X Mexican Long-Tongued Bat --/CSC Sonoran Zone X X (Choeronycteris mexicana) Occult Little Brown Bat --/CSC Lower Sonoran Zone X X X (Myotis [lucifugus] occultus) Pale Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat --/CSC Sonoran Zone X X X (Plecotus townsendii pallescens) Pale Western Big-eared Bat SC X (Corynorhinus townsendii pallesaens) Pallid Bat --/CSC Sonoran Zone X X (Antrozous pallidus) Pallid San Diego Pocket Mouse SC X (Chaetodipus fallax pallidus) Palm Springs Ground Squirrel CSC X (Spermophilus tereticaudis chlorus) Palm Springs Pocket Mouse --/CSC Lower Sonoran Zone X X (Perognathus longimembris bangsi) Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 9 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

MAMMALS Palm Springs Round-Tailed SC X ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus chlorus) Peninsular Big Horned Sheep FE/CE Mountain ranges; occasional movement into valleys X X X (Ovis canadensis cremnobates) Pocketed Free-Tailed Bat --/CSC Lower Sonoran Zone X X (Tadarida femorosacca) San Bernardino Northern Flying SC X Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus californicus) Southern Grasshopper Mouse --/CSC Valley grasslands, Lower Sonoran Zone X (Onychomys torridus ramona) Southwestern Cave Myotis SC X (Myotis velifer brius) Spotted Bat -- Rare—Sonoran and Transition Zones X X X (Euderma maculatum) /CSC/AC Western Small-Footed Myotis SC X (Myotis ciliolabrum) Yuma Hispid Cotton Rat --/CSC Cattail marshes, Lower Colorado River X X (Sigmodon hispidus eremicus) Yuma Myotis --/CSC Open woods X X (Myotis yumanensis) Yuma Puma (Felis concolor browni) SC/AE X Table F-1. Sensitive Wildlife Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 10 of 9)

Status Federal/ California/ Common Name (Scientific Name) Arizona Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID

Notes: Abbreviations are as follows: E = Endangered, in immediate danger of extinction T = Threatened, likely to become endangered SC = Species of Concern NP = Nevada Protected FS = U.S. Forest Service Sensitive BLM = Bureau of Land Management Sensitive LCR (Lower Colorado River) information as provided in the Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program. Salton Sea information as provided in the Salton Sea Restoration Draft EIS/EIR CVWD (Coachella Valley Water District) information as provided in Biological Analysis of Three Conservation Alternatives for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species HCP/NCCP (Dec. 1999). IID (Imperial Irrigation District) information as provided in IID HCP Table 1. Status information from the above sources or CNDDB January 2000 list. MWD (Metropolitan Water District) and SDCWA (San Diego County Water Agency) are not included because no project effects are anticipated in those areas.

Table F-2. Special Status Plant Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 1 of 3)

Status Federal/California/ Common Name/ Scientific Name CNPS Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID Abram’s Spurge (Chamaesyce Mohavean Desert Scrub, Sandy Areas in -/-/2 X abramsiana) Scrub Algodones Dunes Sunflower Desert Dunes -/E/1B X X X (Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes Ayenia (Ayenia compacta) Mohavean Desert Scrub, Rocky Areas in Soronan Desert -/-/2 X Scrub Brown Turbans (Malperia tenuis) -/-/2 Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub X Chaparral Sand-Verbena (Abronia Sandy Areas in Chaparral and Coastal Scrub -/-/1B X villosa var. aurita) Cliff Spurge (Euphorbia misera) -/-/2 Coastal Bluff Scrub, Rocky Areas X Coachella Valley Milkvetch Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub (Astragalus lentiginosus var. E/-/1B X X coachellae) Cove’s Cassia (Senna covesii) -/-/2 Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub X Creamy Blazing Star (Mentzelia Mohavean Desert Scrub -/-/1B X tridentata) Crucifixion Thorn (Castela emoryi) Mohavean Desert Scrub, Playas, and Gravelly Areas in -/-/2 X Sonoran Desert Scrub Deep Canyon Snapdragon Rocky Areas in Soronan Desert Scrub -/-/2 X (Antirrhinum cyathiferum) Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla) -/-/2 Rocky Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub X Fairyduster (Calliandra eriophylla) -/-/2 Sandy and Rocky Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub X Flat-Seeded Spurge Desert Dunes and Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X X X (Chamaesyce platysperma) Foxtail Cactus -/-/- Mohavean Desert Scrub, Sonoran Desert Scrub ( vivipara var. alversonii) Arizona salvage- X X X restricted, protected native plant Gander’s Cryptantha Desert Dunes, Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X (Cryptantha ganderi) Giant Spanish Needle -/-/1B Desert Dunes X X X

Table F-2. Special Status Plant Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 2 of 3)

Status Federal/California/ Common Name/ Scientific Name CNPS Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID (Palafoxia arida var. gigantea) Glandular Ditaxis (Ditaxis clariana) Mohavean Desert Scrub, Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert -/-/2 X X Scrub Grand Canyon Evening-Primrose Washes and Dry Stream Beds, not known from California No official status X (Camissonia specuicola ssp. hesperia) Hairy Evening-Primrose Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/2 X X (Camissonia boothii ssp. intermedia) Hairy Stickleaf (Mentzelia Rocky Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/2 X hirsutissima) Hardwood’s Milk-Vetch Desert Dunes -/-/2 X X (Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii) Little San Bernardino Mountain Desert Dunes, Joshua Tree Woodland, Mohavean Desert -/-/1B X X Gilia (Gilia maculata) Scrub, and Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub Mecca Aster Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X X ( cognata) Munz’s Cactus Sandy or Gravelly Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X X (Opuntia munzii) Orcutt’s Woody-Aster Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X X X (Xylorhiza orcuttii) Orocopia Sage Mohavean Desert Scrub, Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X X X (Salvia greatae) Peirson’s Milkvetch Desert Dunes (Astragalus magdalenae var. T/E/1B X X peirsonii) Peirson’s Pincushion (Chaenactis Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/1B X carpholinia var. peirsonii) Purple Stemodia (Stemodia Sandy Areas in Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/2 X durantifolia) Rock Nettle (Eucnide rupestris) -/-/2 Sonoran Desert Scrub X Sand Food -/-/1B Desert Dunes (Pholisma sonorae) Arizona highly safe- X X X guarded, protected

Table F-2. Special Status Plant Species Occurring within the Project Area (Page 3 of 3)

Status Federal/California/ Common Name/ Scientific Name CNPS Notes on Habitat and Occurrence LCR Salton Sea CVWD IID native plant Shaggy-Haired Alumroot Subalpine Coniferous Forest, Rocky Areas in Upper -/-/1B X (Huechera hirsutissima) Montane Coniferous Forest Slender-Stem Bean (Phaseolus Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/2 X filiformis) Slender Wooly-Heads (Nemacaulis Coastal Dunes, Desert Dunes, Sonoran Desert Scrub -/-/2 X X denudata var. gracilis) Sonoran Maiden Fern (Thelypteris Meadows -/-/2 X puberula var. sonorensis) Spearleaf (Matelea parviflora) Mohavean Desert Scrub, Rocky Areas in Sonoran Desert -/-/2 X Scrub Threecorner Milkvetch -/-/- Sandy Soils in Flats, Dunes, Washes, Gullies, and Sandy (Astragalus geyeri var. triquetrus) Nevada critically Valley Floors, not known from California X endangered Triple-Ribbed Milkvetch Joshua Tree Woodland, Sandy or Gravel areas in Sonoran E/-/1B X (Astragalus tricarinatus) Desert Scrub White-Bracted Spineflower Mohavean Desert Scrub, Pinyon and Juniper Woodland -/-/1B X (Chorizanthe xanti var. luecotheca) Wiggin’s Croton Desert Dunes, Sonoran Desert Scrub -/R/2 X X (Croton wigginsii) Notes : Abbreviations are as follows: E = Endangered, in immediate danger of extinction T = Threatened, likely to become endangered R = Categorized as Rare by the State of California 1B = considered rare and endangered throughout its range by CNPS 2 = considered rare and endangered in California by CNPS, but also occurs outside of California LCR (Lower Colorado River) information as provided in the Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program. Salton Sea information as provided in the Salton Sea Restoration Draft EIS/EIR CVWD (Coachella Valley Water District) information as provided in Biological Analysis of Three Conservation Alternatives for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species HCP/NCCP (Dec. 1999). IID (Imperial Irrigation District) information as provided in IID HCP Table 1. MWD (Metropolitan Water District) and SDCWA (San Diego County Water Agency) are not included because no project effects are anticipated in those areas. Supplementary and updated information for IID, Salton Sea, and CVWD and habitat information from CNPS Electronic Inventory (updated June 2000).