Legally Listed Species of the California Central Coast Region (U S Fish and Wildlife Service and /or the State of California)
(Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, western Kern, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties)
The following taxa, in alphabetical order by scientific name, are listed either by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Endangered Species Act) or by the State of California, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Diversity Database. A comprehensive list for the State of California is updated quarterly by the California Natural Diversity Database. [Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List.]
The distribution of these species has been documented for California’s central coast region from Monterey and San Benito counties south to Ventura County, and including western Kern County. Scientific names are those used in Baldwin et. al., 2012, The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California, UC Press, Berkeley. Where nomenclature has changed from the name used initially in the listing process, they are referenced to the current name (e.g., Arabis hoffmannii = Boechera hoffmannii).
Listing Status
FE = federally endangered (Endangered Species Act, 1973 as amended) FT = federally threatened (Endangered Species Act, 1973 as amended) SE = state endangered (California Endangered Species Act; Fish and Game Code §2050 et seq.) ST = state threatened (California Endangered Species Act; Fish and Game Code §2050 et seq.) SR = state rare (California Native Plant Protection Act; Fish and Game Code §1900 et seq.).
Scientific Name Common Name Status
Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus Santa Cruz Island birds-foot trefoil SE Arabis hoffmannii = Boechera hoffmannii Boechera hoffmannii Hoffmann’s rock-cress FE Arctostaphylos confertiflora Santa Rosa Island manzanita FE Arctostaphylos hookeri subsp. hearstiorum Hearsts’ manzanita SE Arctostaphylos morroensis Morro manzanita FT Arenaria paludicola marsh sandwort FE, SE Astragalus brauntonii Braunton’s milk-vetch FE Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus Ventura marsh milk-vetch FE Astragalus tener var. titi alkali milk-vetch FE, SE Astragalus traskiae Trask’s milk-vetch SR Berberis pinnata subsp. insularis island barberry FE, SE Bloomeria humilis dwarf goldenstar SR Camissonia benitensis San Benito suncup FT Castilleja mollis soft-leaved paintbrush FE Caulanthus californicus California jewel-flower FE, SE Ceanothus hearstiorum Hearsts’ ceanothus SR Ceanothus maritimus maritime ceanothus SR Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum Santa Lucia purple amole FT Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum Camatta Canyon amole FT, SR Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum salt marsh birds-beak FE, SE Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense San Luis Obispo fountain thistle FE, SE Cirsium loncholepis = Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis La Graciosa thistle FE, ST Clarkia imbricata subsp. immaculata Pismo clarkia FE, SR Cordylanthus maritimus subsp. maritimus = Chloropyron maritimum subsp. maritimum Cordylanthus rigidus subsp. littoralis seaside bird’s beak SE Cupressus goveniana var. goveniana = Hesperocyparis goveniana Deinandra increscens subsp. villosa Gaviota tarplant FE, SE Deinandra minthornii Santa Susana tarplant SR Dithyrea maritima beach spectacle-pod ST Dudleya abramsii subsp. parva = Dudleya parva Dudleya cymosa subsp. marcescens marcescent dudleya FT Dudleya cymosa subsp. ovatifolia Santa Monica Mountains live-forever FT Dudleya nesiotica Santa Cruz Island live-forever FT, SR Dudleya parva Conejo live-forever FT Dudleya traskiae Santa Barbara Island live-forever FE, SE Dudleya verityi Verity’s live-forever FT Eremalche kernensis = Eremalche parryi subsp. kernensis Eremalche parryi subsp. kernensis Kern mallow FE Eriodictyon altissimum Indian Knob mountain-balm FE, SE Eriodictyon capitatum Lompoc yerba santa FE, SR Eriogonum butterworthianum Butterworth’s wild buck-wheat SR Eriogonum crocatum Conejo wild buck-wheat SR Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum Santa Barbara Island wild buck-wheat SR Eriogonum grande var. timorum San Nicolas Island wild buck-wheat SE Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum southern mountain wild-buckwheat FT Galium buxifolium island bedstraw FE, SR Gilia tenuiflora subsp. arenaria Monterey gilia FE, ST Gilia tenuiflora subsp. hoffmannii Hoffmann’s slender-flowered gilia FE Helianthemum greenei island rush-rose FT Hemizonia increscens subsp. villosa = Deinandra increscens subsp. villosa Hesperocyparis goveniana Gowen cypress FT Lasthenia conjugens Contra Costa goldfields FE Layia carnosa beach layia FE, SE Lembertia congdonii = Monolopia congdonii Lotus argophyllus var. niveus = Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus Lupinus nipomensis Nipomo lupine FE, SE Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus Santa Cruz Island bush-mallow FE, SE Malacothrix indecora Santa Cruz Island malacothrix FE Malacothrix squalida island malacothrix FE Mimulus vandenbergensis Vandenberg monkey-flower candidate FE Monolopia congdonii San Joaquin wooly-threads FE Nasturtium gambelii Gambel’s rockcress FE, ST Navarretia fossalis spreading navarretia FT Orcuttia californica California Orcutt grass FE, SE Pedicularis dudleyi Dudley’s lousewort SR Pentachaeta lyonii Lyon’s pentachaeta FE, SE Phacelia insularis subsp. insularis island phacelia FE Piperia yadonii Yadon’s piperia FE Pogogyne clareana Santa Lucia mint SE Potentilla hickmanii Hickman’s cinquefoil FE, SE Rorippa gambelii = Nasturtium gambelii Sanicula maritima adobe sanicle SR Sibara filifolia Santa Cruz Island rockcress FE Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. anomala Cuesta Pass checker-bloom SR Sidalcea hickmanii subsp. parishii Parish’s checker-bloom SR Suaeda californica California seablite FE Thermopsis macrophylla Santa Ynez false lupine SR Thysanocarpus conchuliferus Santa Cruz Island fringepod FE Trifolium polyodon Pacific Grove clover SR Trifolium trichocalyx Monterey clover FE