List of California Channel Islands wildlife

List of California Channel Islands wildlife

Some notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands include:

Contents

Fauna

Flora

  • Catalina cherry (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii)
  • Catalina Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus)
  • Dudleya hassei
  • Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)
  • Island Oak (Quercus tomentella)
  • Island Tree mallow (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
  • Island Ceanothus (Ceanothus arboreus)
  • Island Bush-Poppy (Dendromecon rigida ssp. harfordii)
  • Island Alumroot Heuchera maxima
  • Santa Barbara Island Buckwheat (Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum)
  • Island Barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis)
  • San Clemente Island Bush Mallow (Malacothamnus clementinus)
  • Santa Cruz Island Bush Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus)
  • Santa Cruz Island Ironwood
  • Santa Cruz Island Silver Lotus
  • Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) [rare subspecies sole occurrence][1]
  • Ribes viburnifolium (Santa Catalina Island Currant)

Recently extinct

  • San Clemente Bewick's Wren (Thryomane bewickii leucophrys), extinct 1927

Prehistoric

  • Pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis)
  • Giant Deer Mouse (Peromyscus nesodytes)

See also

References

  1. ^ C.Michael Hogan (2008) Torrey Pine: Pinus torreyana, Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [1]

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