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CWF/CALIFORNIA OAKS 428 13Th Street, Suite 10A / Oakland, CA 94612 CWF/CALIFORNIA OAKS 428 13th Street, Suite 10A / Oakland, CA 94612 www.californiaoaks.org California Oak Woodland Community Species shown on the California Oak Woodland Community poster, available from the California Oak Foundation (www.californiaoaks.org/html/merch2.html) are: Birds Mammals Vegetation • Californian Quail • Dusky Footed Woodrat • Coast Live Oak • Nuttall's Woodpecker • Black Bear • Vine Maple • Acorn Woodpecker • Mountain Lion • Poison Oak • Western Blue Bird • Mule Deer • California Poppies • Yellow-Billed Magpie • Gray Fox • Sticky Monkey Flower • Calliope Hummingbird • Rabbit • Blue Oak • Lazuli Bunting • Madrone Tree • Cooper's Hawk Insects • Valley Oak • California Dogface Butterfly • Willow • Black Oak • Golden Chanterelle California's oak woodlands sustain higher levels of biodiversity than virtually any other terrestrial ecosystem in the state. More than 300 species depend on oak woodlands for food and shelter. Species not shown include the following: Amphibians Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) Foothill Yellow- Legged Frog (Rana boyleii) Red- Legged Frog (Rana aurora) Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus) Kern Canyon Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) Black- Bellied Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps simatus) Shasta Salamander (Hydromantes shastae) nigriventris) Limestone Salamander (Hydromantes brunus) Tehachapi Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Long- Toed Salamander (Ambystoma stebbinsi) California Newt (Taricha torosa) macrodactylum) Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps Northwestern Salamander (Ambystoma gracile) Western Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hammondii) attenuatus) Pacific Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus) Western Toad Bufo boreas California Treefrog (Hyla cadaverina) Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla) Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzi) Red- Bellied Newt (Taricha rivularis) Reptiles Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia silus) Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti) Southern Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus California Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra) Long-Nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) multicarinatus) California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata) Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus) Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchelli) California Whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis) Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata) Western Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis couchi) Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) Northern Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus coeruleus) Western Black-Headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps) Coast Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum) Orange-Throated Whiptail (Cnemidophorus Western Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops humilis) Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) hyperythrus) Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) Racer (Coluber constrictor) Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis) Desert Night Lizard (Xantusia vigilis) Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) Western Pond Turtle (Clemmys marmorata) Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus) Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus) Gilbert's Skink (Eumeces gilberti) Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (Thamnophis Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans) Sharp-Tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) elegans) Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) Western Whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris) Granite Night Lizard (Xantusia henshawi) Small-Scaled Lizard (Urosaurus microscutatus) Birds Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) Black-Headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melano- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) American Crow (Corvus brachy-rhynchos) cephalus) Chestnut-Backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-Throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) Ash-Throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Common Raven (Corvus corax) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Band-Tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Barn Owl (Tyto alba) California Quail (Callipepla californica) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) 1 Flammulated Owl (Otus flammelous) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Golden-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) serripennis) Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis) Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) Orange-Crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Hermit Warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Violet-Green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Lawrence's Goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Western Screech-Owl (Otus kennicottii) Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis 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