Appendix E. Special-Status Species Table E-1. Special-Status Plant Species with the Potential to Occur in the City of Modesto General Plan Area Page 1 of 6 Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Potential for Occurrence in the Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Blooming Period General Plan Areab 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 Western Central Valley and valleys of Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, May–October Moderate adjacent foothills and alkali scrub, below 660 feet Atriplex cordulata Crownscale –/–/4.2 Southern Sacramento Valley, San Chenopod scrub, valley and April-October Moderate Joaquin valley, eastern south coast foothill grassland, vernal pools, Atriplex coronata var. inner range, Alameda, Contra Costa, on fine alkaline soils below 660’ coronata Fresno, Kings, Kern, Glenn, Merced, Monterey, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Solano, and Stanislaus Counties Brittlescale –/–/1B.2 Western Central Valley and valleys of Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, May–October Moderate adjacent foothills on west side of alkali scrub, chenopod scrub, Atriplex depressa Central Valley playas, and valley and foothill grasslands on alkaline or clay soils, below 660 feet Lesser saltscale –/–/1B.1 Butte, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Tulare Alkali grassland, alkali meadow, May–October High alkali scrub, and saltbush scrub, Atriplex minuscula between 50 and 650 feet Vernal pool (persistent- –/–/1B.2 Central Valley, from Glenn to Tulare Dry beds of vernal pools, on April-October Moderate fruited) saltscale County alkaline soils, 33-380' Atriplex persistens Big tarplant –/–/1B.1 Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin*, Valley and foothill grassland July-October High Stanislaus*, and Solano* counties Blepharizonia plumosa Round-leaved filaree –/–/2.1 Sacramento Valley, northern San Open sites, dry grasslands, and March–May Moderate Joaquin Valley, central-western shrublands below 4,000 feet. California macrophylla California, south coast, and northern [Erodium macrophyllum] Channel Islands (Santa Cruz Island). Table E-1. Continued Page 2 of 6 Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Potential for Occurrence in the Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Blooming Period General Plan Areab Sharsmith’s harebell (Mt. –/–/1B.2 Mt. Hamilton range Barren, rocky serpentinite areas May-June None—no serpentine known in Hamilton harebell in chaparral, 1,300-3,000' 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, Stanislaus 2,500 feet Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta California jewel-flower 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, Caulanthus 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, March–May Low adjacent foothills on west side of and valley and foothill grassland, Caulanthus coulteri var. Central Valley between 250 and 4,000 feet lemmonii Hoover’s spurge T/–/1B.2 Central Valley from Butte County to Below the high-water marks of July Moderate Tulare County large northern hardpan and Chamaesyce hooveri volcanic vernal pools, below 800' Mt. Hamilton thistle –/–/1B.2 Mt. Hamilton Range, eastern San Freshwater seeps and streams on April-October None—no serpentine known in Francisco Bay area: Alameda, Santa serpentinite outcrops, chaparral, the area Cirsium foninale var. Clara, and Stanislaus Counties cismontane woodland, valley and campylon foothill grassland, 1000-2500’ Beaked clarkia –/–/1B.3 Central Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Annual grassland and blue oak- April-May Moderate Joaquin Valley, Hell Hollow, and foothill pine woodland, on dry Clarkia rostrata Merced River drainage: Merced, slopes, 200-1,500' Mariposa, and Stanislaus Counties Small-flowered morning –/–/4.2 San Joaquin Valley, central western and Chaparral openings, coastal March-July None—no serpentine known in glory southwestern California, southern scrub, valley and foothill the area Channel Islands; Baja California grassland, on clay soils in Convolvulus simulans serpentinite seeps, 100-2,300' Mt. Hamilton coreopsis –/–/1B.2 Eastern San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara Steep shale talus slopes of March-May None—no talus slopes in the and Stanislaus Counties cismontane woodland area Coreopsis hamiltonii Table E-1. Continued Page 3 of 6 Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Potential for Occurrence in the Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Blooming Period General Plan Areab Hoover’s cryptantha –/–/1A Northern and central San Joaquin Coarse, sandy soil in valley and April–May Moderate Valley. Alameda, Contra Costa, foothill grassland between 30 and Cryptantha hooveri Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, and 500’. Stanislaus Counties. 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’ Dwarf downingia –/–/2.2 Central Valley Vernal pools and valley and March-May Moderate foothill grasslands Downingia pusilla Delta button-celery –/E/1B.1 San Joaquin River delta, floodplains, Riparian scrub, seasonally June-August High and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills: inundated depressions along Eryngium racemosum Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin*, and floodplains on clay soils, below Stanislaus Counties 250' Spiny-sepaled button- –/–/1B.2 Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus, Tulare, Valley and foothill grasslands and April–May Moderate celery Tuolumne vernal pools, between 330 and 830 feet Eryngium spinosepalum Diamond-petaled –/–/1B.1 Interior foothills of south Coast Ranges Grassland, chenopod scrub, on March–April Moderate California poppy from Contra Costa County to Stanislaus clay soils, where grass cover is County. Carrizo Plain in San Luis sparse enough to allow growth of Eschscholzia rhombipetala Obispo County. low annuals. 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, and cone coniferous forest, on the area Fritillaria falcata Stanislaus Counties serpentinite talus 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 Santa Cruz Mountains. 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, Stanislaus, foothill grassland, on sterile red Lotus rubriflorus and Tehama Counties soils and volcanic mudflow deposits Table E-1. Continued Page 4 of 6 Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Potential for Occurrence in the Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Blooming Period General Plan Areab 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 Madia radiata San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo and 3,000 feet Merced monardella –/–/1A Presumed extirpated, last seen in 1941, Moist, sub-alkaline soils May-August Low historically known from northern San associated with low elevation Monardella leucocephala Joaquin Valley grassland, in sandy depressions and riverbeds, 115-330' San Joaquin woolythreads E/–/1B.2 Carrizo Plain and western San Joaquin Saltbush scrub, grassland, on flats March-May Moderate valley from San Benito County to Kern in alkaline or loamy soils Monolopia (Lembertia) County congonii Little mousetail –/–/3.1 Central Valley, South Coast: Alameda, Alkaline vernal pools and March-June Moderate Butte, Contra Costa, Colusa, Kern, marshes Myosurus minimus ssp. Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, apus Solano, and Stanislaus Counties Colusa grass T/E/1B.1 Merced, Solano, and Yolo counties Vernal pools on adobe soils May-August Moderate Neostapfia colusana California adder’s tongue –/–/4.2 Northern and central Sierra Nevada Vernal pools margins, moist areas December-May Moderate foothills, central and southern coast, in grassland and chaparral, 200- Ophioglossum Amador, Butte, Merced, Monterey, 1,000' 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 Tulare Counties feet Orcuttia inaequalis Hairy orcutt grass –/–/1B.1 Butte, Glenn, Madera, Merced, Vernal pools from 150 to 650 feet May–September Low Stanislaus, Tehama Counties Orcuttia pilosa Mount Diablo phacelia –/–/1B.2 South Coast Ranges from Contra Costa Chaparral, oak woodland, April-May None—no suitable habitat County to San Benito County adjacent to trails, on rock known in the area Phacelia phacelioides outcrops and talus slopes, 2,000- 3,000' Table E-1. Continued Page 5 of 6 Statusa: Common and Federal/State/ Potential for Occurrence in the Scientific Name CNPS Distribution Preferred Habitats Blooming Period General Plan Areab Hartweg’s golden sunburst