LOS OSOS HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN SPECIES ACCOUNTS APPENDIX D * * * * * Prepared For: The Los Osos Community Services District * * * * * Prepared by: Crawford, Multari & Clark Associates 641 Higuera Street, Suite 302 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 541-2622 June 4, 2004 Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan – Species Accounts Appendix D Crawford Multari Clark & Associates 2 Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan – Species Accounts Appendix D TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page ANIMAL SPECIES ACCOUNTS ................................................................................................. 5 California tiger salamander..........................................................................................................5 California red-legged frog..........................................................................................................11 Cooper's hawk............................................................................................................................19 Sharp-shinned hawk...................................................................................................................27 Burrowing owl ...........................................................................................................................33 Golden eagle ..............................................................................................................................41 Ferruginous hawk.......................................................................................................................47 Western snowy plover................................................................................................................53 Northern harrier .........................................................................................................................59 Yellow warbler.........................................................................................................................65 White-tailed kite.........................................................................................................................71 Southwestern willow flycatcher.................................................................................................79 Merlin.........................................................................................................................................85 Prairie falcon..............................................................................................................................89 American peregrine falcon.........................................................................................................95 Loggerhead shrike....................................................................................................................101 California black rail .................................................................................................................109 California brown pelican.........................................................................................................113 California clapper rail ..............................................................................................................117 Northern spotted owl................................................................................................................123 Tidewater goby ........................................................................................................................129 Southern steelhead ...................................................................................................................135 Monarch butterfly ....................................................................................................................143 Morro Shoulderband Snail.......................................................................................................149 California brackishwater snail .................................................................................................159 Morro Bay kangaroo rat...........................................................................................................163 Southern sea otter.....................................................................................................................169 American Badger .....................................................................................................................173 Black Legless Lizard................................................................................................................179 Southwestern pond turtle .........................................................................................................185 Two-striped garter snake........................................................................................................193 PLANT SPECIES ACCOUNTS ................................................................................................ 197 Hoover's bentgrass ...................................................................................................................197 Arroyo de la cruz manzanita....................................................................................................201 Morro manzanita......................................................................................................................205 Oso manzanita..........................................................................................................................211 Dacite manzanita......................................................................................................................215 San Luis mariposa lily .............................................................................................................219 San Luis Obispo sedge.............................................................................................................223 Brewer's spineflower................................................................................................................227 Crawford Multari Clark & Associates 3 Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan – Species Accounts Appendix D Monterey spineflower ..............................................................................................................231 Salt marsh bird's beak ..............................................................................................................237 Beach spectaclepod..................................................................................................................241 San Luis Obispo serpentine dudleya........................................................................................245 Blochman's dudleya .................................................................................................................249 Blochman's leafy daisy ............................................................................................................253 Indian knob mountainbalm ......................................................................................................257 San Benito fritillary..................................................................................................................263 Coulter's goldfields ..................................................................................................................267 Jones's layia..............................................................................................................................271 Curly-leaved monardella..........................................................................................................275 Short-lobed broomrape ............................................................................................................279 Adobe Sanicle ..........................................................................................................................283 Cuesta pass checkerbloom .......................................................................................................287 California seablite ....................................................................................................................291 Spiraled old man's Beard .........................................................................................................295 Los Osos black and white lichen .............................................................................................299 Long-fringed White Parmotrema.............................................................................................303 Splitting yarn lichen.................................................................................................................305 Crawford Multari Clark & Associates 4 Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan – Species Accounts Appendix D ANIMAL SPECIES ACCOUNTS California tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family: Ambystomatidae Legal Status Source: Frank Scheicher Federal: Candidate species. The Sonoma County population been listed as endangered under the emergency listing process (Federal Register 67-47726; July 22, 2002). The Sonoma populations have also been proposed for regular listing as endangered after the end of the emergency listing period (Federal Register 67-47758; July 22,2002). The Santa Barbara population has been listed as endangered. (Federal Register 65:57241; September 21, 2000). State: Species of Special Concern Species Description The California tiger salamander has broad rounded snouts with small eyes. It has shiny black skin with rounded or irregular