Table E-1. Special-Status with Documented Occurrences in the City of Modesto General Plan Area (Based on occurrences within the Avena, Brush Lake, Ceres, Denair, Escalon, Oakdale, Salida, Riverbank, and Waterford 7.5 minute USGS quadrangles and Federal and State- listed species documented within Stanislaus County, April 2015) Page 1 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Large-flowered fiddleneck E/E/1B.1 Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Cismontane woodland, valley and April-May Low Stanislaus (USFWS list only). foothill grassland. Amsinckia grandiflora Alkali milk-vetch –/–/1B.2 Merced, Solano, and Yolo Counties. Grassy flats and vernal pool March-June Moderate Historically more widespread. margins, on alkali soils, below Astragalus tener var. tener 200 feet. Heartscale –/–/1B.2 Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Colusa, Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, April-October Moderate Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Madera, and alkali scrub, 0-1,837 feet. Atriplex cordulata Merced, San Luis Obispo, Solano, and Stanislaus counties. Western Central Valley and valleys of adjacent foothills. Crownscale –/–/4.2 Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Chenopod scrub, valley and March-October Moderate Glenn, Kings, Kern, Merced, foothill grassland, vernal pools, Atriplex coronata var. Monterey, San Joaquin, San Luis on fine alkaline soils, 3-1,935 coronata Obispo, Solano, and Stanislaus feet. counties. Southern Sacramento Valley, , eastern south coast inner range. Brittlescale –/–/1B.2 Alameda, Contra Costa, Colusa, Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, April-October Moderate Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Merced, Solano, alkali scrub, chenopod scrub, Atriplex depressa Stanislaus, Tulare, and Yolo counties. playas, and valley and foothill Western Central Valley and valleys of grasslands on alkaline or clay adjacent foothills on west side of soils, 3-1,050 feet. Central Valley. Lesser saltscale –/–/1B.1 Alameda, Butte, Fresno, Kern, Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, May-October High Madera, Merced, Tulare counties. alkali scrub, and saltbush scrub, Atriplex minuscula between 50 and 650 feet. Vernal pool (persistent- –/–/1B.2 Colusa, Glenn, Madera, Merced, Dry beds of vernal pools, on June-October Moderate fruited) saltscale Solano, and Tulare counties. alkaline soils, between 33 and 380 feet. Atriplex persistens Table E-1. Continued Page 2 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab subtle orache –/–/1B.2 Butte, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, Alkaline soils, valley and foothill June-October Moderate Merced, Stanislaus, and Tulare grassland between 130 and 330 Atriplex subtilis counties. feet. Big tarplant –/–/1B.1 Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Valley and foothill grassland, July-October Moderate and Stanislaus counties. 100- 1,650 feet. Blepharizonia plumosa Chinese Camp T/E/1B.1 Calaveras, Tuolumne, Stanislaus Vernal streambeds and serpentine May-June Low. No serpentine habitats are County) USFWS county list only). substrates in cismontane known in the area and this Brodiaea pallida woodland and valley and foothill species is known from only two grassland. occurrences near Chinese Camp. Round-leaved filaree –/–/1B.1 Throughout the Sacramento Valley Open sites, cismontane woodland, March-May Moderate and northern San Joaquin Valley, valley and foothill grassland, dry macrophylla central-western California, south grasslands, and shrubland, 50- [ macrophyllum] coast, and northern Channel Island. 4,000 feet. Sharsmith’s harebell (Mt. –/–/1B.2 Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties. Barren, rocky serpentinite areas in April-June None—no serpentine known in Hamilton harebell Endemic to the Mt. Hamilton range chaparral, 1,600-3,000 feet. the area Campanula sharsmithiae Succulent owl’s-clover T/E/1B.2 Fresno, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, Vernal pools between 165 and April-May Moderate San Joaquin, and Stanislaus counties. 2,500 feet. Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta California jewel- E/E/1B.1 Historically common in western San Sandy or loamy soils in annual February-May Moderate Joaquin Valley and interior foothills, grassland, chenopod scrub, californicus currently at scattered locations in pinyon-juniper woodland. Fresno, Kern, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Lemmon’s jewel-flower –/–/1B.2 Western Central Valley and valleys of Pinyon and juniper woodland, and March-May Low adjacent foothills on west side of valley and foothill grassland, Caulanthus coulteri var. Central Valley. between 250 and 4,000 feet. lemmonii Table E-1. Continued Page 3 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Parry’s rough tarplant –/–/4.2 Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Merced, Alkaline, vernally mesic areas, May-October Low Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, seeps, and roadsides in vernal parryi ssp. Sutter, and Yolo counties. pools and valley and foothill rudis grassland. Hoover’s spurge T/–/1B.2 Central Valley from Butte County to Below the high-water marks of July-October Moderate Tulare County. large northern hardpan and Chamaesyce hooveri volcanic vernal pools, vernal [Euphorbia hooveri] pools in valley grassland, freshwater wetlands, and wetland- riparian areas below 80-800 feet. Mt. Hamilton thistle –/–/1B.2 Mt. Hamilton Range, eastern San Freshwater seeps and streams on February- None—no serpentine known in Francisco Bay area: Alameda, Santa serpentine outcrops, chaparral, October the area fontinale var. Clara, and Stanislaus counties. cismontane woodland, valley and campylon foothill grassland, 1000-3,000 feet Beaked clarkia –/–/1B.3 Merced, Mariposa, and Stanislaus Cismontane woodland, Valley April-May Moderate Counties. Central and foothill grassland, 200-1,500 Clarkia rostrata Foothills, San Joaquin Valley, Hell feet. Hollow, and Merced River drainage: Small-flowered morning –/–/4.2 San Joaquin Valley, central western Chaparral openings, coastal March-July None—no serpentine known in glory and southwestern California, southern scrub, valley and foothill the area Channel Islands; Baja California grassland, on clay soils in Convolvulus simulans serpentine seeps, 100-2,300 feet. Mt. Hamilton coreopsis –/–/1B.2 Eastern San Francisco Bay, Santa Steep shale talus slopes of March-May None—no talus slopes in the Clara, and Stanislaus counties. cismontane woodland between area Coreopsis hamiltonii 1,800-4,200 feet. Hoover’s cryptantha –/–/1A Northern and central San Joaquin Coarse, sandy, soil, inland dunes April-May Moderate Valley. Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, in valley and foothill grassland Cryptantha hooveri Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, and between 30 and 500 feet. Stanislaus counties. Table E-1. Continued Page 4 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Recurved larkspur –/–/1B.2 Central Valley from Colusa* to Kern Alkaline soils in valley and March-June Moderate Counties. foothill grassland, saltbush scrub, Delphinium recurvatum cismontane woodland; below 2,500 feet. Dwarf downingia –/–/2B.2 Central Valley extending from Vernal pools and valley and March-May Moderate Amador to San Joaquin Counties. foothill grasslands below 1,500 Downingia pusilla feet. dudleya E/–/1B.1 Santa Clara County, Stanislaus County Rocky, serpentine substrates in April-October Low- no serpentine known in (USFWS County list only). cismontane woodland and valley the area Dudleya abramsii ssp. and foothill grassland, 200- 1,500 setchellii [Dudleya feet. setchellii] Tracy’s eriastrum –/CR/3.2 Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Lake, Santa Chaparral and cismontane May-July Low Clara, Shasta, Stanislaus, Tehama, woodland between 1,000-5,400 Eriastrum tracyi Trinity, and Tulare counties. feet. Delta button-celery –/E/1B.1 San Joaquin River delta, floodplains, Riparian scrub, seasonally June-October High and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills: inundated depressions along Eryngium racemosum Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin*, and floodplains on clay soils, below Stanislaus Counties 100 feet. Spiny-sepaled button- –/–/1B.2 Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus, Tulare, Valley and foothill grasslands and April-June Moderate celery and Tuolumne counties. vernal pools, between 260 and 2,000 feet. Eryngium spinosepalum Diamond-petaled –/–/1B.1 Interior foothills of south Coast Grassland, chenopod scrub, on March-April Moderate California poppy Ranges from Contra Costa County to clay soils, where grass cover is Stanislaus County. Carrizo Plain in sparse enough to allow growth of Eschscholzia rhombipetala San Luis Obispo County. low annuals below 3,200 feet. Talus fritillary –/–/1B.2 South inner coast ranges. Alameda, Chaparral, oak woodland, closed- March-May None—no serpentine known in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, cone coniferous forest, on the area Fritillaria falcata and Stanislaus counties. serpentine talus between 1,000- 5,000 feet. Table E-1. Continued Page 5 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Legenere –/–/1B.1 Primarily located in the lower Deep, seasonally wet habitats May-June Moderate Sacramento Valley, also from north such as vernal pools, ditches, Legenere limosa Coast Ranges, northern San Joaquin marsh edges, and river banks, Valley, and . below 500 feet. Red-flowered lotus –/–/1B.1 Inner north Coast Ranges and San Cismontane woodland, valley and April-June Low Francisco Bay Area, Colusa, foothill grassland, on sterile red Lotus [Acmispon] Stanislaus, and Tehama Counties. soils and volcanic mudflow rubriflorus deposits between 650- 1,400 feet. Showy madia –/–/1B.1 Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Cismontane woodland, valley and March–May Moderate Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Benito, foothill grassland, between 80 and Madia radiata San Joaquin, and San Luis Obispo 3,000 feet. counties. Merced monardella –/–/1A Presumed extirpated, last seen in Moist, sub-alkaline soils May-August Low 1941, historically known from associated with low elevation Monardella leucocephala northern San Joaquin Valley. grassland, in sandy depressions and riverbeds valley and foothill grassland, 115-330 feet. San Joaquin woolythreads E/–/1B.2 Carrizo Plain and western San Joaquin Chenopod scrub, valley and February-May Moderate valley from San Benito County to foothill grassland, on flats in Monolopia [Lembertia] Kern County. alkaline or loamy soils. congdonii Little mousetail –/–/3.1 Central Valley, South Coast: Alkaline vernal pools and March-June Moderate Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Colusa, marshes, valley and foothill Myosurus minimus ssp. Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, San grassland between 65- 2,100 feet. apus Diego, Solano, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Yolo counties. Colusa grass T/E/1B.1 Colusa, Glenn, Merced, Solano, Vernal pools on adobe soils. May-August Moderate Stanislaus, and Yolo counties. Neostapfia colusana Table E-1. Continued Page 6 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab California adder’s tongue –/–/4.2 Northern and central Sierra Nevada Vernal pool margins, moist areas December-June Moderate foothills, central and southern coast, in valley and foothill grassland Ophioglossum Amador, Butte, Merced, Monterey, and chaparral, 200-1,000 feet. californicum Mariposa, Orange, San Bernardino*, San Diego, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, Baja California. San Joaquin Valley T/E/1B.1 Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus,* Vernal pools from 100 to 2,500 April–September Moderate orcutt grass and Tulare counties. feet. Orcuttia inaequalis Hairy orcutt grass E/E/1B.1 Butte, Glenn, Madera, Merced, Vernal pools from 150 to 650 May-September Low Stanislaus, and Tehama counties. feet. Orcuttia pilosa Mount Diablo phacelia –/–/1B.2 Contra Costa, San Benito, Santa Rocky substrates in chaparral and April-May None—no suitable habitat Clara, and Stanislaus counties. cismontane woodland from 1,600- known in the area Phacelia phacelioides 4,500 feet. Hartweg’s golden sunburst E/E/1B.1 Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Woodland, valley and foothill March-April Moderate Sutter, and Yuba counties. grassland on clay soils, between Pseudobahia bahiifolia 50 and 500 feet. Delta woolly-marbles –/–/4.2 Deltaic central valley and San Vernal pools, from 30-1,650 feet. May-June Moderate Francisco bay area, Alameda, Napa, Psilocarphus brevissimus Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Solano, var. multiflorus Stanislaus, and Yolo counties. Prairie wedge grass –/–/2B.2 Amador, Fresno, Inyo, Mono, Mesic areas in cismontane April-July Low Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, woodland, meadows and seeps, Sphenopolis obtusata Stanislaus, and Tulare counties. between 984 and 6500 feet. Greene’s tuctoria E/R/1B.1 Butte, Fresno, Glenn, Madera, Vernal pools between 100 and May–September Moderate Merced, Shasta, San Joaquin, 3,500 feet. Tuctoria greenei Stanislaus, Tehama, and Tulare counties. Table E-1. Continued Page 7 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Red Hills (=California) T/T/1B.1 Tuolumne County, Stanislaus County Serpentine substrates and seeps in March- Low vervain (USFWS county list only). valley grassland, foothill wetland, September and wetland-riparian areas Verbena californica between 800 and 1,300 feet. Sources: CNDDB 2006; CNPS 2006

Notes: * = Extirpated from this county. CNDDB = California Natural Diversity Database. CNPS = California Native Plant Society.

a Status explanations: Federal E = listed as endangered under the federal Act. T = listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. – = No status definition. State E = listed as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act. R = listed as rare under the California Native Plant Protection Act and California Endangered Species Act. – = No status definition. California Native Plant Society (CNPS) 1A = Rank 1A species: presumed extirpated in California and either rare or extinct elsewhere 1B = Rank 1B species: rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere 2A = Rank 2A species: presumed extirpated in California, but common elsewhere 2B = Rank 2B species: rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere 3 = Rank 3 species: about which more information is needed—a review list 4 = Rank 4 species: plants of limited distribution—a watch list CNPS Code Extensions: .1 = seriously threatened in California (over 80% of occurrences threatened / high degree and immediacy of threat .2 = fairly threatened in California (20- 80% of occurrences threatened) .3 = not very threatened in California (<20% of occurrences threatened or not current threats known) b Definitions of levels of occurrence likelihood:

High: Known occurrence of plant within 5 miles of the project from Natural Diversity Data Base, California Native Plant Society Inventory, or other documents; and suitable habitat and microhabitat conditions present.

Moderate: Known occurrence of plant in Stanislaus County, but more than 5 miles from the project, from Natural Diversity Data Base, California Native Plant Society Table E-1. Continued Page 8 of 8

Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Blooming Potential for Occurrence in Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Period the General Plan Areab Inventory, or other documents; or suitable habitat conditions present, but suitable microhabitat conditions unlikely to be present or of poor quality.

Low: Plant not known to occur in the region from the Natural Diversity Data Base, California Native Plant Society Inventory, or other documents in the vicinity of the project, or plant is known only historically from the region; and habitat conditions of poor quality.

None: Plant not known to occur in the region from the Natural Diversity Data Base, California Native Plant Society Inventory, or other documents in the vicinity of the project; and suitable habitat not present in any condition.

Table E-2. Special-Status Wildlife Species with Potential to Occur in the City of Modesto General Plan Area Page 1 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area Invertebrates Conservancy fairy shrimp E/SSI Disjunct occurrences in Solano, Stanislaus, Large, turbid vernal pools in annual None. Required large pools are not known to Merced, Tehama, Ventura, Butte, and Glenn grasslands. Inhabit astatic pools located in occur within the General Plan Area. Species is Branchinecta conservatio Counties swales formed by old, braided alluvium; known to occur in pools located on Mapes filled by winter/spring rains, last until June. Ranch, west of the General Plan Area. Moestan blister beetle --/SSI Historical distribution Fresno, Kern, Madera, Vernal pool grasslands within the Central None. Documented occurrences in the vicinity Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties. Valley. Thought to depend on dried vernal of the General Plan Area are considered Lytta moesta pool habitat and solitary vernal pool bees as extirpated. In addition, suitable vernal pool hosts. habitat to support this species is extremely limited within the General Plan Area. Valley elderberry longhorn T/SSI Riparian and wetland habitats below 3,000 feet Riparian and oak savanna habitats with blue Moderate. May occur in riparian habitat that beetle throughout the Central Valley elderberry shrubs; elderberries are the host supports elderberry shrubs. plant Desmocerus californicus dimorphus Vernal pool fairy shrimp T/SSI Central Valley, central and south Coast Ranges Common in astatic rain-filled pools. High. Known to occur within the General Plan from Tehama County to Santa Barbara County. Inhabit small, clear-water sandstone- Area. Branchinecta lynchi Isolated populations also in Riverside County depression pools and grassed swale, earth slump, or basalt-flow depression pools. Vernal pool tadpole shrimp E/SSI Shasta County south to Merced County Vernal pools and ephemeral stock ponds High. Known to occur within the General Plan with clear to highly turbid water. Pools Area. Lepidurus packardi commonly found in grass bottomed swales of unplowed grasslands. Some pools are mud-bottomed and highly turbid. Fish

Steelhead, Central Valley DPS T/-- The Central Valley ESU includes all naturally Preferred spawning habitat for steelhead is High. Known to occur in the Stanislaus and Oncorhynchus mykiss spawned populations (and their progeny) in the in cool to cold perennial streams with high Tuolumne Rivers below the Goodwin and La irideus Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their dissolved oxygen levels and fast flowing Grange Dams. No spawning habitat present tributaries, excluding San Francisco and San water. Abundant riffle areas for spawning within the General Plan Area, but the river Pablo bays and their tributaries. and deeper pools with sufficient riparian sections present are a migration corridor. cover for rearing are necessary for successful breeding.

Chinook salmon, Central --/SSC Populations spawning in the Sacramento and Adults migrate upstream to spawn in cool, High. Known to occur in the Stanislaus and Valley fall/late fall-run ESU San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries. clear, well-oxygenated streams. Juveniles Tuolumne Rivers and Dry Creek. No spawning Oncorhynchus tshawytscha remain in fresh water for 1 or more years habitat is present, but the General Plan Area is before migrating downstream to the ocean. within the migration corridor. Table E-2. Continued Page 2 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area

Sacramento splittail --/SSC Endemic to the lakes and rivers of the Central Occurs in slow-moving river sections and Low. Known in the San Joaquin River, but Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Valley, but now confined to the Sacramento dead end sloughs. Requires flooded sampling in the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Delta, Suisun Bay and associated marshes. vegetation for spawning and foraging for Rivers has not documented this species. young. Splittail are primarily freshwater Spawning and foraging habitat typical of this fish, but are tolerant of moderate salinity species is not present within the General Plan and can live in water where salinity levels Area; however, this species may disperse reach of 10-18 parts per thousand. through the General Plan Area.

Kern brook lamprey --/SSC San Joaquin River system and Kern River. Gravel-bottomed areas for spawning and None. Out of the known range of this species. Entosphenus (=Lampetra) muddy-bottomed areas where Ammocoetes hubbsi can burrow and feed. Hardhead --/SSC Low to mid-elevation streams in the Clear, deep pools with sand-gravel-boulder High. Known to occur in the Stanislaus and Mylopharodon conocephalus Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage. bottoms and slow water velocity. Not Tuolumne Rivers. found where exotic Centrarchids predominate. Amphibians California red-legged frog T/SSC Found along the coast and coastal mountain Associated with quiet perennial to None. General Plan is out of the known range ranges of California from Marin County to San intermittent ponds, stream pools, and for this species. Rana draytonii Diego County and in the Sierra Nevada from wetlands. Prefers pond shorelines with Tehama County to Fresno County extensive vegetation for breeding. Disperses through upland habitats after rains. California tiger salamander T/T Central Valley, including Sierra Nevada Inhabits grassland, oak woodland, ruderal, None. Considered extirpated in the vicinity of foothills, up to approximately 1,000 feet, from and seasonal pool habitats. Seasonal ponds the General Plan Area, and extremely limited Ambystoma californiense Yolo County south to Tulare County. Also in and vernal pools are crucial to breeding. suitable habitat is present within the General the coastal valleys and foothills, from Sonoma Adults utilize mammal burrows as Plan Area. County south to Santa Barbara County; Sonoma estivation habitat. and Santa Barbara populations are listed as Federal Endangered. Foothill yellow-legged frog --/SSC Occurs in the Klamath, Cascade, north Coast, Found in or near rocky streams in a variety None. No suitable habitat occurs within the south Coast, Transverse, and Sierra Nevada of habitats. Prefers partly-shaded, shallow General Plan Area. Rana boylii Ranges up to approximately 6,000 feet streams and riffles with a rocky substrate; requires at least some cobble-sized substrate for egg-laying. Needs at least 15 weeks to attain metamorphosis. Feeds on both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. Western spadefoot --/SSC Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, Coast Occurs primarily in grassland habitats, but Low. May occur in grassland areas with vernal Ranges, coastal counties in southern California can be found in valley-foothill hardwood pools and seasonal wetlands. Spea hammondii woodlands. Shallow temporary pools formed by winter rains are essential for breeding and egg-laying. Table E-2. Continued Page 3 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area Reptiles Blainville’s (coast) horned --/SSC Sacramento Valley, including foothills, south to Frequents a wide variety of habitats, most Low. Not known to occur within General Plan lizard southern California; Coast Ranges south of San common in lowlands along sandy washes Area, and limited suitable habitat available. Francisco Bay; below 4,000 feet in northern with scattered low bushes. Prefers friable, Phrynosoma blainvillii California rocky, or shallow sandy soils for burial; open areas for sunning; bushes for cover; and an abundant supply of ants and other insects. Giant garter snake T/T Central Valley from the vicinity of Burrel in Sloughs, canals, low gradient streams, and None. General Plan Area is within a gap in the Fresno County north to near Chico in Butte freshwater marsh habitats where there is a range of the species. No giant garter snake Thamnophis gigas County; has been extirpated from areas south of prey base of small fish and amphibians; populations are known to occur within Fresno also found in irrigation ditches and rice Stanislaus County. fields; requires grassy banks and emergent vegetation for basking and areas of high ground protected from flooding during winter. Silvery legless lizard --/SSC Along the Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular Sandy or loose loamy soils under sparse None. Considered extinct in Stanislaus County Ranges from Contra Costa County to San Diego vegetation. Soil moisture is essential. They and no known extant records in the vicinity of Anniella pulchra pulchra County with extremely spotty occurrences in the prefer soils with high moisture content. the General Plan Area. San Joaquin Valley (Northern) Western pond --/SSC Occurs along the northern coast of California A thoroughly aquatic turtle of ponds, Moderate. May occur in areas with suitable turtle east to the Sierra Nevada and south through the marshes, rivers, streams and irrigation aquatic habitat located such as riparian areas Delta and Central Valley. ditches with aquatic vegetation. Require within General Plan Area Actinemys [Emys] marmorata basking sites such as partially submerged logs, vegetation mats, or open mud banks, and suitable upland habitat (sandy banks or grassy open fields) for egg-laying. Birds American peregrine falcon --/FP Permanent resident along the north and south Nests and roosts on protected ledges of high Low. Does not nest within the General Plan Coast Ranges. May summer in the Cascade and cliffs, usually adjacent to lakes, rivers, or Area. May be an occasional winter visitor. Falco peregrinus anatum Klamath Ranges and through the Sierra Nevada marshes that support large prey populations. to Madera County. Winters in the Central Valley south through the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and the plains east of the Cascade Range. Table E-2. Continued Page 4 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area Bald eagle --/E, FP Nests in northern California, near reservoirs In western North America, nests and roosts Low. Does not nest within the General Plan along the Central Coast Ranges, and in the Lake in coniferous forests within 1 mile of a lake, Area. May be an occasional winter visitor. Haliaeetus leucocephalus Tahoe Basin. Winter range includes the rest of reservoir, stream, or the ocean. California, except the southeastern deserts, very high altitudes in the Sierra Nevada, and east of the Sierra Nevada south of Mono County Golden eagle --/SSC, FP Foothills and mountains throughout California. Nest on cliffs and escarpments or in tall Low. Does not nest within the General Plan Uncommon nonbreeding visitor to lowlands trees overlooking open country. Forages in Areas. May occasionally forage in grassland Aquila chrysaetos such as the Central Valley annual grasslands, chaparral, and oak and pastures within the General Plan Area. woodlands with plentiful medium and large-sized mammals. Lesser sandhill crane --/SSC Breeds in southern Alaska. Winters in the Winters in plains and valleys near bodies of Low. Does not nest in the Central Valley. May Central Valley and Imperial Valley. fresh, shallow water including flooded occur during winter months in suitable Grus canadensis canadensis agricultural fields. agricultural fields within the General Plan Area. Greater sandhill crane --/T, FP Breeds in Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, and Summers in open terrain near shallow lakes Low. Does not nest in the Central Valley. Sierra Counties. Winters in the Central Valley, or freshwater marshes. Winters in plains Only occurs during winter months in suitable Grus canadensis tabida southern Imperial County, Lake Havasu and valleys near bodies of fresh, shallow agricultural fields within the General Plan National Wildlife Refuge, and the Colorado water, shallow water including flooded Area. River Indian Reserve agricultural fields. Loggerhead shrike --/SSC Resident and winter visitor in lowlands and Prefers open habitats with scattered shrubs, High. May nest in suitable open habitats with foothills throughout California. Rare on coastal trees, posts, fences, utility lines, or other shrubs within the General Plan Area. Lanius ludovicianus slope north of Mendocino County, occurring perches and fairly dense shrubs and brush only in winter for nesting. Northern harrier --/SSC Occurs throughout lowland California. Has Nests and forages in grassland habitats, Moderate. May nest in grasslands, pastures, been recorded in fall at high elevations usually in association with coastal salt and and fresh marsh areas located within General Circus cyaneus freshwater marshes. Nests on ground in Plan Area. shrubby vegetation, usually at marsh edge; nest built of a large mound of sticks in wet areas. May also occur in alkali desert sinks. Short-eared owl --/SSC Breeds regularly in northeastern California and Swamp lands, both fresh and salt; lowland Low. May winter in pastures and/or marshes in Suisun Marsh and lower Sacramento Valley. meadows; irrigated alfalfa fields. Tule located within General Plan Area; however, Asio flammeus Also breeds in portions of the Central Coast patches/tall grass needed for nesting/ there are no recent documented occurrences of Range and eastern Sierra Mountains. Winters daytime seclusion. Nests on dry ground in breeding in this region of the Central Valley. widely in lowlands throughout California. depression concealed in vegetation. Song sparrow- “Modesto” --/SSC Restricted to the Sacramento and extreme Associated with woody riparian habitat and None. Though collected in the General Plan population northern San Joaquin Valleys from Colusa freshwater marshes. Area in the early 1900’s, these may have been County south to northern Stanislaus County. vagrants and none have been documented in the Melospiza melodia vicinity in recent years. General Plan Area outside of known range. Table E-2. Continued Page 5 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area Swainson’s hawk --/T Lower Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, the Breeds in stands with few trees in juniper- High. Known to nest within General Plan Area Klamath Basin, and Butte Valley. Highest sage flats, riparian areas, eucalyptus stands, Buteo swainsoni nesting densities occur in Yolo County. and oak savannah. Requires adjacent suitable foraging areas such as grasslands or grain fields supporting rodent populations. Tricolored blackbird --/E*, SSC Permanent resident in the Central Valley from Nests in dense colonies in emergent marsh Moderate. May nest in areas with suitable Butte County to Kern County. Breeds at vegetation, such as tules and cattails, or marsh habitat. Agelaius tricolor scattered coastal locations from Marin County upland sites with blackberries, nettles, south to San Diego County; and at scattered thistles, and grainfields. Habitat must be locations in Lake, Sonoma, and Solano large enough to support 50 pairs with open Counties. Rare nester in Siskiyou, Modoc, and water habitat in the vicinity. Lassen Counties Burrowing owl --/SSC Lowlands throughout California, including the Open, dry annual or perennial grasslands, Moderate. May nest and winter in suitable Central Valley, northeastern plateau, deserts, and scrublands characterized by grassland and agricultural habitats within the Athene cunicularia southeastern deserts, and coastal areas. Rare low-growing vegetation. Subterranean General Plan Area. along south coast nester, dependent upon burrowing mammals, most notably, the California ground squirrel. Western yellow-billed cuckoo T/E In California, breeding distribution is now Nests in riparian forests along the broad, None. May be extirpated from General Plan thought to be restricted to isolated sites in the lower flood-bottoms of larger river systems. Area, and dense habitat typical of this species is Coccyzus americanus Sacramento, Amargosa, Kern, Santa Ana, and Nests in dense vegetation including willow, not present within the General Plan Area. Last occidentalis Colorado River valleys. and often mixed with cottonwoods, with known occurrence in Stanislaus Co. was in lower story of blackberry, nettles, or wild 1973. grape. White-tailed kite --/FP Lowland areas west of Sierra Nevada from the Low foothills or valley areas with valley or Moderate. May nest in large trees near areas head of the Sacramento Valley south, including live oaks, riparian areas, and marshes near with suitable foraging habitat. Elanus leucurus coastal valleys and foothills to western San open grasslands for foraging Diego County at the Mexico border Yellow-breasted chat --/SSC Nests locally in coastal mountains and Sierra Nests in dense riparian habitats dominated Low. Mainly found in the foothills but may Nevada foothills, east of the Cascades in by willows, alders, Oregon ash, tall weeds, occur in riparian habitat within the General Icteria virens northern California, and along the Colorado blackberry, wild grape; forage and nest Plan Area. River. within 10 feet of ground. Mammals Western mastiff bat --/SSC Occurs along the western Sierra primarily at low Found in a wide variety of habitats from None. General Plan Area is outside of known to mid elevations and widely distributed desert scrub to montane conifer. Roosts range. No suitable habitat occurs within the Eumops perotis californicus throughout the southern coast ranges. and breeds in deep, narrow rock crevices, General Plan Area. Distribution appears to be tied to large rock but may also use crevices in trees, structures which provide suitable roosting sites, buildings, and tunnels. Roost entrances including cliff crevices and cracks in boulders. must have vertical faces and be high enough to drop off to take flight. Table E-2. Continued Page 6 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area Townsend’s big-eared bat --/C,SSC This species is associated with a wide variety of Roost in limestone caves, lava tubes, mines, Low. May roost in riparian areas located habitats from deserts to mid-elevation mixed buildings, etc. Will only roost in the open, within the General Plan Area. Night roost Corynorhinus townsendii coniferous-deciduous forest. hanging from walls and ceilings. Roosting documented at southeast edge of General Plan sites limiting. Extremely sensitive to Area. disturbance. Pallid bat --/SSC Occurs throughout California except the high Found in deserts, grasslands, shrublands, Moderate. May roost within the General Plan Sierra from Shasta to Kern County and the woodlands, and forests. Most common in Area in less disturbed areas. Antrozous pallidus northwest coast, primarily at lower and mid open, forages along river channels. Roost elevations sites include old ranch buildings, rocky outcrops, and caves within sandstone outcroppings. Roosts must protect bats from high temperatures. Very sensitive to disturbance of roosting sites. Western red bat --/SSC Occurs throughout much of California from This species is typically solitary, roosting Moderate. May roost in riparian habitats and Shasta County to Mexico border, west of the primarily in the foliage of trees or shrubs. suitable trees adjacent to open fields within the Lasiurus cinereus Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range crests. Day roosts are commonly in edge habitats General Plan Area. adjacent to streams or open fields, in orchards, and sometimes in urban areas. There may be an association with intact riparian habitat (particularly willows, cottonwoods, and sycamores). Riparian (San Joaquin Valley) E/SSC Historical distribution along the San Joaquin, Riparian habitats with multi-storied riparian None. Known to occur in riparian habitat along woodrat Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Rivers. Current habitat including dense shrub cover, willow the Stanislaus River west of the General Plan distribution limited to Caswell State Park and thickets, and an oak overstory. Need areas Area. However, riparian habitat within the Neotoma fuscipes riparia the confluence area of the San Joaquin and with mix of brush and trees, and suitable General Plan Area is not typical of occupied Stanislaus Rivers in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and nesting sites in trees, snags, or logs. habitat, and there are large spaces of unsuitable Merced Counties. habitat between occupied habitat and the General Plan Area. Riparian brush rabbit E/E Limited to San Joaquin County at Caswell State Native valley riparian habitats with large None. Known to occur in riparian habitat along Park near the confluence of the Stanislaus and clumps of dense shrubs, low-growing vines, the Stanislaus River west of the General Plan Sylvilagus bachmani riparius San Joaquin Rivers and Paradise Cut area on and some tall shrubs and trees including Area. However, riparian habitat within the Union Pacific right-of-way lands willows, wild rose, and blackberry. General Plan Area is not typical of occupied habitat, and there are large spaces of unsuitable habitat between occupied habitat and the General Plan Area San Joaquin kit fox E/T Principally occurs in the San Joaquin Valley and Annual grasslands or grassy open stages None. General Plan Area is outside of known adjacent open foothills to the west; from Kern with scattered shrubby vegetation including range. Records for San Joaquin kit fox in Vulpes macrotis mutica County north to Contra Costa County. saltbush scrub, grassland, oak, savanna, and Stanislaus Co. include areas west of I-5 and Restricted to the western foothills of the San freshwater scrub. Need loose-textured extreme eastern county near La Grange. Joaquin Valley in the northern portion of the sandy soils for burrowing, suitable prey range and records become sparse in this area. base, and short grass habitats. Table E-2. Continued Page 7 of 7

Common and Scientific Status Name Federal/State Geographic Distribution Habitat Requirements Potential Occurrence in Study Area American badger --/SSC Throughout most of California. Most abundant in drier open stages of most None. General Plan Area is out of its current shrub, forest, and herbaceous habitats, with known range, and this species in not found in Taxidea taxus friable soils. Requires friable soils and regularly disturbed agricultural lands. open, uncultivated ground. Preys on burrowing rodents. Status explanations:

Federal E = listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. T = listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. C = candidate species under the federal Endangered Species Act. - = no listing

State E = listed as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act. T = listed as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. C = candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act. FP = fully protected under the California Fish and Game Code. SSC = species of special concern in California. SSI = special-status invertebrate in California. - = no listing.

* California Fish and Game Commission emergency listing December 3, 2014. Status of endangered December 29, 2014 through June 30, 2015.