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• Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,915
• Number of Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 224
• Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 262
• Number of Source Documents Added: 2,608

Species we’ve been working on:

Botany

• Allium munzii (Munz’ onion)
• Amsinckia grandiflora (large-flowered fiddleneck)
• Astragalus agnicidus (Humboldt County milk-vetch)
• Astragalus tricarinatus (triple-ribbed milk-vetch)
• Brodiaea orcuttii (Orcutt's brodiaea)
• Carex davyi (Davy’s sedge)
• Centromadia parryi ssp. congdonii (Congdon's tarplant)
• Lomatium stebbinsii (Stebbins’ lomatium)

Zoology

• Ambystoma californiense (California tiger salamander)
• Eumetopias jubatus (Steller sea lion)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Prosopium williamsoni (mountain whitefish)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,915
Number of Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 224
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 262
Number of Source Documents Added: 2,608

Species we’ve been working on:

Botany

• Caulanthus lemmonii (Lemmon’s jewelflower)
• Ceanothus cyaneus (Lakeside ceanothus)
• Chloropyron maritimum ssp. palustre (Point Reyes salty bird's-beak)
• Chorizanthe aphanantha (Irish Hills spineflower)
• Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense (Chorro Creek bog thistle)
• Crossosoma californicum (Catalina crossosoma)
• Delphinium bakeri (Baker’s larkspur)
• Erythronium revolutum (coast fawn lily)
• Horkelia hispidula (White Mountains horkelia)
• Isocoma menziesii var. decumbens (decumbent goldenbush)
• Silene serpentinicola (serpentine catchfly)

Zoology

• Ambystoma californiense (California tiger salamander)
• Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl)
• Buteo swainsoni (Swainsons hawk)
• Emys marmorata (Western pond turtle)
• Erethizon dorsatum (porcupine)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise)
• Pekania pennantii (fisher)
• Phrynosoma blainvillii (coast horned lizard)
• Polioptila californica californica (California gnatcatcher)
• Rana aurora (northern red-legged frog)
• Rana draytonii (CA red-legged frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,733
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 233
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 220
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,363

Taxa we've been working on:

Botany

• Caulanthus californicus (California jewelflower)
• Ceanothus cyaneus (Lakeside ceanothus)
• Ceanothus impressus var. impressus (Santa Barbara ceanothus)
• Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum (Camatta Canyon amole)
• Clarkia jolonensis (Jolon clarkia)
• Eremalche parryi ssp. kernensis (Kern mallow)
• Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii (San Diego button-celery)
• Isocoma menziesii var. decumbens (decumbent goldenbush)
• Monardella stoneana (Jennifer's monardella)
• Monolopia congdonii (San Joaquin woollythreads)
• Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei (Bakersfield cactus)
• Piperia candida (white-flowered rein orchid)
• Sidalcea keckii (Keck’s checkerbloom)
• Sidalcea malviflora ssp. patula (Siskiyou checkerbloom)

Zoology

• Ambystoma californiense (California tiger salamander)
• Callophrys mossii marinensis (Marin elfin butterfly)
• Erethizon dorsatum (porcupine)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Pandion haliaetus (osprey)
• Polioptila californica californica (coastal California gnatcatcher)
• Prosopium williamsoni (mountain whitefish)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana draytonii (red-legged frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,544
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 314
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 208
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,111

Taxa we've been working on:

Botany

• Astragalus umbraticus (Bald Mountain milk-vetch)
• Atriplex coronata var. vallicola (Lost Hills crownscale)
• Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern)
• Cardamine angulata (seaside bittercress)
• Ceanothus impressus var. impressus (Santa Barbara ceanothus)
• Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis (Nipomo Mesa ceanothus)
• Delphinium luteum (golden larkspur)
• Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii (San Diego button-celery)
• Leptosiphon jepsonii (Jepson’s leptosiphon) Navarretia miwukensis (Mi-Wuk navarretia)
• Packera bolanderi var. bolanderi (seacoast ragwort)
• Piperia candida (white-flowered rein orchid)
• Senecio aphanactis (chaparral ragwort)

Zoology

• Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz long toed salamander)
• Catostomus platyrhynchus (mountain sucker)
• Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus (Bay Area snowy plover)
• Emys marmorata (Mojave River pond turtles)
• Euphydryas editha quino (quino checkerspot butterfly)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,015
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 208
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 315
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,509

Taxa we've been working on:

Botany

• Agave shawii var. shawii (Shaw's agave)
• Astragalus claranus (Clara Hunt’s milk-vetch)
• Botrychium minganense (Mingan moonwort)
• Calochortus palmeri var. munzii (San Jacinto mariposa-lily)
• Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle)
• Croton wigginsii (Wiggins' croton)
• Howellia aquatilis (water howellia)
• Iliamna latibracteata (California globe mallow)
• Linanthus orcuttii (Orcutt’s linanthus)
• Mentzelia tridentata (creamy blazing star)
• Monardella undulata ssp. crispa (crisp monardella)
• Oreostemma elatum (tall alpine-aster)
• Penstemon filiformis (thread-leaved beardtongue)
• Penstemon personatus (closed-throated beardtongue)
• Puccinellia simplex (California alkali grass)
• Scutellaria bolanderi ssp. austromontana (southern mountain skullcap)
• Stellaria longifolia (long-leaved starwort)
• Utricularia intermedia (flat-leaved bladderwort)

Zoology

• Catostomus platyrhynchus (mountain sucker)
• Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard)
• Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti (Kern River rainbow trout)
• Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 93,015
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 208
Number of Element Occurrences Updated Since Last Distribution: 315
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,509

What we've been working on:

Botany

• Allium jepsonii (Jepson’s onion)
• Allium tuolumnense (Rawhide Hill onion)
• Arctostaphylos myrtifolia (Ione manzanita)
• Astragalus claranus (Clara Hunt’s milk-vetch)
• Ceanothus foliosus var. viejasensis (Viejas Mountain ceanothus)
• Chorizanthe howellii (Howell's spineflower)
• Collomia rawsoniana (Rawson’s flaming trumpet)
• Crocanthemum greenei (island rush-rose)
• Epilobium nivium (Snow Mountain willowherb)
• Fritillaria pluriflora (adobe-lily)
• Grusonia pulchella (beautiful cholla)
• Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. sessiliflora (beach goldenaster)
• Ivesia campestris (field ivesia)
• Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass)
• Trifolium buckwestiorum (Santa Cruz clover)
• Verbena californica (Red Hills vervain)

Zoology

• Entosphenus lethophagus (Pit-Klamath brook lamprey)
• Euphydryas editha quino (quino checkerspot butterfly)
• Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti (Kern River rainbow trout)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 92,720
Number of New Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 360
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,505

What we've been working on:

Botany

• Amsinckia lunaris (bent-flowered fiddleneck)
• Astragalus rattanii var. jepsonianus (Jepson’s milk-vetch)
• Balsamorhiza macrolepis (big-scale balsamroot)
• Calystegia collina ssp. tridactylosa (three-fingered morning-glory)
• Castilleja rubicundula var. rubicundula (pink creamsacs)
• Centromadia parryi ssp. congdonii (Congdon's tarplant)
• Ceanothus roderickii (Pine Hill ceanothus)
• Cuscuta jepsonii (Jepson’s dodder)
• Dithyrea maritima (beach spectaclepod)
• Extriplex joaquinana (San Joaquin spearscale)
• Fritillaria biflora var. ineziana (Hillsborough chocolate lily)
• Gilia capitata ssp. pacifica (Pacific gilia)
• Harmonia hallii (Hall's harmonia)
• Hesperolinon drymarioides (drymaria-like western flax)
• Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (Howell’s lewisia)
• Monolopia gracilens (woodland woollythreads)
• Montia howellii (Howell's montia)
• Navarretia nigelliformis ssp. radians (shining navarretia)
• Sanicula saxatilis (rock sanicle)
• Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. parishii (Parish's checkerbloom)

Zoology

• Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl)
• Callophrys mossii marinensis (Marin elfin butterfly)
• Entosphenus lethophagus (Pit-Klamath brook lamprey)
• Entosphenus similis (Klamath River lamprey)
• Euphydryas editha quino (quino checkerspot butterfly)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Rana cascadae (Cascades frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)
• Taxidea taxus (American badger)

Here's what's new since January:

Number of Element Occurrences in Current Distribution: 92,390
Number of Element Occurrences Added Since Last Distribution: 250
Number of Source Documents Added: 1,950

Species we’ve been working on:

Botany

• Anemone multifida var. multifida (cut-leaf anemone)
• Ayenia compacta (California ayenia)
• Brodiaea filifolia (thread-leaved brodiaea)
• Centromadia parryi ssp. australis (southern tarplant)
• Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum (salt marsh bird's-beak)
• Chorizanthe xanti var. leucotheca (white-bracted spineflower)
• Cymopterus multinervatus (purple-nerve cymopterus)
• Dodecahema leptoceras (slender-horned spineflower)
• Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum (Santa Ana River woollystar)
• Euphorbia ocellata ssp. rattanii (Stony Creek spurge)
• Fremontodendron mexicanum (Mexican flannelbush)
• Lessingia micradenia var. glabrata (smooth lessingia)
• Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (Howell's lewisia)
• Penstemon sudans (Susanville beardtongue)
• Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus (most beautiful jewelflower)

Zoology

• Callophrys mossii bayensis (San Bruno elfin butterfly)
• Callophrys mossii marinensis (Marin elfin butterfly)
• Cottus klamathensis klamathensis (Upper Klamath marbled sculpin)
• Cottus klamathensis polyporus (Lower Klamath marbled sculpin)
• Rana boylii (foothill yellow-legged frog)
• Spea hammondii (western spadefoot)

We’ve also released an updated Special Plants List – find out what’s been added and download a new copy. We’ll be updating the animals next – stay tuned!