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Natural Areas of Southern California by Features

Alkali Playa

Buena Vista Lake Area
Kern Lake Bed Area
Kern National Wildlife Refuge
Lost Hills Area
Paul Paine Wildflower Preserve

Alkali Scrub

San Joaquin Desert Research Natural Area

Alkali Sinks

Goose Lake Area
Soda Lake

Alluvial Wash Vegetation

San Antonio Wash

Alpine Areas

San Gorgonio Wilderness

Alpine Fell Field

Coyote Ridge

Animal Concentrations

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Archaeological Area

Calico Mountains Archaeological Site

Arctic Alpine

Mount San Jacinto State Park

Aquatic

Bernard Field Station

Beachline Traces

Lake Cahuilla Beachlines

Benthic Community

Ormond Beach

Bird Populations

South Ski Island

Bishop Pine Forest

Coon Creek Area

Blue Oak Woodland

Fort Tejon State Historical Park And Vicinity
Pleito Creek Area

Bluffs

Palos Verdes Peninsula Shoreline

Botanical Site

Border Field

Brackish Marsh

Salton Sea Margin Areas

Bristlecone Pine Forest

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Botanical Area
Inyo Mountain Crest

California Palms

Bow Willow Palms

Caverns

Mitchell Caverns State Reserve

Chamise Chaparral

Kearny Mesa Vernal Pools (Carroll Canyon)
Los Penasquitos Vernal Pools
Sky Oaks Biological Field Station

Chaparral

Agua Tibia Wilderness
Arroyo de la Cruz Area
Bautista Canyon
Big Tujunga Wash
Black Star Canyon
Box Springs Reserve
Caliente Roadless Area
Camp Pendleton
Carbon Canyon
Cascade Canyon
Chantry Flats
Charlton and Chilao Flats Area
Cold Creek
Coon Creek Area
Cowles Temescal Canyon Reserve
Cucamonga Peak Area
Cucamonga Wilderness
Cummings And Double Mountains
Cuyamaca Cypress Stand
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Dark Canyon (West)
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
Dehesa Nolina Site
Devil's Potrero
Dorland Ranch Preserve
Echo Valley Research Area
El Modeno Hills
Elliott Chaparral Reserve
Evey Canyon Research Area
Fern Canyon Research Natural Area
Fern Creek - Mendenhall Canyon Area
Fortuna Mountain Field Station
Fremont Canyon
Garcia Mountain Watershed
Gaviota State Beach
Harding Canyon
Hepatic Gulch
Hibberd Preserve
Holy Jim Canyon
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Hot Springs Mountain
Indian Knob
Jamul Mountains
Jawbone-Butterbread Acec
Jones Sepulveda Canyon
Juday Flat
Juncal Canyon
Kernville Area
La Panza Ranch
Liberty Canyon
Liebel Piute Cypress Grove
Limestone Canyon
Los Osos Sandstone Hill
Lumreau - Cedar Creek Area
Malibu Canyon
Malibu Gorge and Vicinity
Matilija Hot Springs Vicinity
Mc Cain Valley Mountain Sheep Area
Miramar Research Natural Area (Proposed)
Mojave River Camp
Morro Bay State Park
Mount Laguna
Mount Pinos – Sawmill Mountain Area
Mount San Jacinto State Park
Nickerson Arroyo Sequit Reserve
Niguel Hill - Aliso Creek (South Laguna Hills)l
Otay Mountain
Palomar Mountain State Park and Vicinity
Park Canyon – San Guillermo Woodland
Peachy Canyon
Philip L Boyd Deep Canyon Desert
Piedra Blanca Coast
Pine Mountain and Vicinity
Point Buchon And Vicinity
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Potrero Los Pinos
Rancheria Road – Oak Flat Area
Richbar - Democrat Hot Springs Area
Rinconada Mine Area
Ritter Ridge
Ronald W Caspers Memorial Park
Rose Valley Falls and Meadow
San Gabriel Wilderness
San Jacinto Wilderness
San Juan Canyon
San Marcos Creek Site
San Onofre State Beach (San Mateo Unit)
San Rafael Wilderness
Santa Catalina Island - Black Jack Mountain Reserve
Santa Catalina Island - Bullrush Canyon
Santa Catalina Island - Gallagher's Canyon
Santa Lucia Wilderness
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
Santa Rosa Plateau Area
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace
Santiago Creek
Sawmill Canyon
Sespe Gorge and Vicinity
Shell Creek Area
Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary
Simi Hills - Santa Susana Pass
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary
Sky Oaks Biological Field Station
Smugglers Cave Area
Soledad Mountain
Solstice Canyon
Tecate Peak Cypress Grove
Tierra Redonda
Topanga and Upper Santa Ynez Canyons
Trabuco Canyon
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Tuna Canyon
Vasquez Rocks County Park
Wood Valley Nolina Site
Yaeger Mesa
Zaca Uplands
Zuma Canyon

Chaparral- Coastal Sage Scrub Mixture

San Gabriel River Wash

Chaparral Scrub

Mc Ginty Mountain Area

Cholla Association

Sacramento Mountains

Cinder Cone

Pisgah Crater

Closed-Cone Pine Forest

Purisima Hills Bishop Pines
Santa Lucia Wilderness

Coastal Bluff

Santa Cruz Island

Coastal Chaparral

Cañada Del Corral

Coastal Dune Grassland

Santa Catalina Island - Little Harbor, Cottonwood Creek

Coastal Dune Lakes

Dunes Lake

Coastal Grasslands

Las Tunas Road Native Grassland

Coastal Lagoon

Batiquitos Lagoon

Coastal Oak Woodland

Dark Canyon (West)

Coastal Sage Scrub

Arroyo de la Cruz Area
Atascadero Creek Floodplain
Bernard Field Station
Big Tujunga Wash
Black Canyon Lake
Black Star Canyon
Box Springs Reserve
Cañada Del Cojo Coastal Terrace
Carbon Canyon
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Cold Creek
Conejo Grade
Coon Creek Area
Cowles Temescal Canyon Reserve
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
El Modeno Hills
Fortuna Mountain Field Station
Fremont Canyon
Gaviota State Beach
Geode Mountain
Hibberd Preserve
Jalama Creek
Los Alamitos Sage Scrub Area
Los Osos Estuary
Malibu Canyon
Mc Cain Valley Mountain Sheep Area
Miramar Research Natural Area (Proposed)
Montana De Oro State Park And Vicinity
Morro Bay State Park
Motte Rimrock Reserve
Nickerson Arroyo Sequit Reserve
Niguel Hill - Aliso Creek (South Laguna Hills)l
Point Arguello Area
Point Buchon And Vicinity
Point Dume
Point Loma Area
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Point Sal Area
Point Sal State Beach
Purisima Point Dune Area
Rice Canyon
Rio Hondo College Wildlife Sanctuary
Ronald W Caspers Memorial Park
Ryan Oak Glen Reserve
San Juan Canyon
San Joaquin Hills Area
San Jose Hills
San Nicholas Island
San Onofre State Beach (San Mateo Unit)
Santa Catalina Island - Parsons Landing
Santa Catalina Island - Renton Mine Area
Santa Catalina Island - Swains Canyon
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace
Santiago Oaks Regional Park
Simi Hills - Santa Susana Pass
Soledad Mountain
Solstice Canyon
Starr Ranch
Sycamore and Dark (East) Canyons
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Wood Canyon
Zuma Canyon

Coastal Salt Marsh

Anaheim Bay
El Estero
Goleta Slough
Los Penasquitos Lagoon
Malibu Lagoon
Santa Margarita River Estuary
Tijuana Slough

Coastal Sand Dunes

Guadalupe Dunes
Mussel Point
Nipomo Dunes

Coastal Scrub

San Miguel Island
Tijuana Slough

Coastal Strand

Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Coal Oil Point Vicinity
Guadalupe Dunes
Morro Bay State Park
Mussel Point
Palos Verdes Peninsula Shoreline
Piedra Blanca Coast
Point Dume
Point Sal Area
Purisima Point Dune Area
San Miguel Island
San Nicholas Island
Santa Ynez Lagoon (Surf Estuary)
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace
Silver Strand Beach

Coastline

Montana De Oro State Park And Vicinity
Piedra Blanca Coast

Conifer Forest

Clark Mountains
Cucamonga Peak Area
Cucamonga Wilderness
Cummings And Double Mountains
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Dome Land Wilderness
Holy Jim Canyon
Palomar Mountain State Park and Vicinity
Park Canyon – San Guillermo Woodland
Pine Mountain and Vicinity
San Gabriel Wilderness
Shirley Meadows
Snow Melt Gullies - Islip to Dawson Saddles
Trabuco Canyon

Conifer Forest - Joshua Tree

Onyx Peak

Coniferous

Waterman Mountain

Coniferous Woodland

Zaca Uplands

Coulter Pine Forest

Sims Coulter Pine Grove

Creosote Bush Scrub

Afton Canyon
Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Beals Well
Big Bend
Bigelow Cholla Natural Area
Big Morongo Wildlife Reserve
Black and Opal Mountain Area
Bow Willow Palms
Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary
Carl O. Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary
Castle Buttes and Mountains
Cerro Cosa College Research Natural Area
Chuckwalla Mountains
Coxcomb Mountains
Coyote Mountain Natural Area
Creosote Bush Natural Area
Cronese Basin
Crucifixion Thorn Area
Crucifixion Thorn Natural Area #1
Crucifixion Thorn Natural Area #2
Dale Dry Lake Area
Darwin Falls/Canyon ACEC
Dead Indian Creek Natural Area
Deep Canyon Watershed - Martinez Mountain
Desert Lily Gardens
East Mesa ACEC
Edmund C Jaegar Nature Sanctuary and Vicinity
El Paso Mountains
Emigrant Pass Area
Eureka Valley, Southern Portion
Fish Creek Mountains
Freeman - Indian Wells Canyons Area
Fry Mountains
Golden Valley
Granite Mountains
Great Falls Basin-Argus Range ACEC
Harper's Well and San Felipe Creek
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Helendale - Prospect Peak Area
Imperial Wildlife Area
Indio Hills Palm Oases
Jawbone-Butterbread Acec
Jawbone Canyon - Cross Mountain Area
Joshua Tree National Monument
Living Desert Reserve
Magnesia Spring Canyon
Mecca Hills (including Painted Canyon)
Mescal County Wildlife Sanctuary
Mid Hills
Midland Ironwood Woodland
Milpitas Wash
Mount Signal Research
Mule Canyon
Newberry Springs
North Harper Dry Lake
Old Woman Mountains
Orocopia Mountains
Painted Gorge
Peerless Valley
Phacelia Wildlife Sanctuary
Philip L Boyd Deep Canyon Desert
Picacho and Quartz Peaks Area
Pisgah Crater
Providence Mountains
Rabbit Springs
Rainbow Basin Natural Area
Rand Mountains Desert Tortoise Preserve
Red Rock Canyon And Dove Springs Area
Ritter Ridge
Rock Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
Sacramento Mountains
Sacramento Mountains Reserve
Saddleback Butte State Park and Vicinity
Saline Valley
Sand Canyon ACEC
Santa Catalina Island - Avalon Canyon
Shadow Mountains
Soggy Dry Lake ACEC and Vicinity
Surprise Canyon ACEC
Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary
Thousand Palms Sand Dune Area
Turtle Mountains
Upper Johnson Valley ACEC
Whipple Mountains
Wildflower / Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildhorse Mesa
Woods and Hackberry Mountains, Vontrigger Hills
Yuha Basin ACEC

Cypress Forest

Back Canyon Piute Cypress Grove
Bodfish Piute Cypress Grove Botanical Area And Vicinity
Greenhorn Piute Cypress Grove
Hobo Ridge Piute Cypress Grove
Liebel Piute Cypress Grove
Tecate Peak Cypress Grove

Cypress Grove

Guatay Mountain

Desert

Dumont Dunes

Desert Dry Wash Woodland

Chuckwalla Valley Dune Thicket

Desert Oasis

Sacramento Springs

Desert Riparian

Great Falls Basin-Argus Range ACEC
Harper's Well and San Felipe Creek
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Piute Range
Salt Creek (Dumont) ACEC
Sand Canyon ACEC

Desert Scrub

Amargosa Canyon
Chuckwalla Bench ACEC
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Mount San Jacinto State Park
Oasis De Los Osos Preserve
Picacho State Recreation Area
San Jacinto Wilderness

Desert Spring

Antelope Springs

Desert Wash

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Big Morongo Wildlife Reserve
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
Chuckwalla Bench ACEC
Chuckwalla Mountains
Corn Springs Wash
Dead Indian Creek Natural Area
Edmund C Jaegar Nature Sanctuary and Vicinity
Granite Mountains
Indian Canyons Palm Groves
Indian Wash
Indio Hills Palm Oases
Joshua Tree National Monument
Living Desert Reserve
Magnesia Spring Canyon
Mecca Hills (including Painted Canyon)
Milpitas Wash
Salt Creek Area
Salt Creek (Dumont) ACEC
Turtle Mountains
Whipple Mountains
Whitewater Canyon

Diverse Marine Communities

Laguna Beach (North)

Douglas Fir

Harris Ranch Douglas Fir

Dry Coniferous Forest

San Gorgonio Wilderness

Dry-Lake Playa

Harper Dry Lake ACEC

Dunes

Los Angeles Airport Dunes
Purisima Point Dune Area
Salton Sea Margin Areas
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace

Dune Flora

Caliente Creek (Including Sand Ridge Wildflower Preserve
Santa Catalina Island - Ben Weston Beach

Eel Grass Meadow

Agua Hedionda Lagoon and Marsh

Eel Grass Strand

Emerald Bay

Endangered Species

El Segundo Dunes
Soda Springs
ZZYXX Mineral Springs

Endemic Species

Santa Catalina Island - Bird and Indian Rocks

Estuary

Upper Newport Bay

Estuary Lagoon

Mugu Lagoon

Evergreen Forest

Montana De Oro State Park And Vicinity

Fan Palms

Indio Hills Native Palms Natural Area

Fault Zone

Antelope Valley Freeway Cut
Lower Lone Pine Canyon
Mill Creek Canyon

Faunal

Whitewater Canyon

Faunal Break Zone

Point Conception Area

Fern

Yaeger Mesa

Foothill Woodland

Bodfish - Garfield Area
Clear Creek (Havilah Area)
Juday Flat
Sawmill Canyon
Sycamore Canyon
Zaca Lake

Fossil Deposit

Mckittrick Tar Pits
Rainbow Basin Natural Area

Fossil Locality

Silverado Canyon
Tapo Canyon

Freshwater Habitat

Amargosa Canyon

Freshwater Lake

Laguna Lake

Freshwater And Saltwater Marsh

Sweet Springs Marsh

Freshwater Marsh

Afton Canyon
Big Morongo Wildlife Reserve
Black Canyon Lake
Buena Vista Lagoon
Camp Pendleton – Asistencia De Las Flores Marsh
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Fish Slough (including Owens Valley Native Fish Sanctuary)
Goleta Slough
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Havasu NWR - Topock Gorge
Little Black Rock Springs
Los Osos Estuary
Lost Hills Area
Madrona Marsh
Moovalya Marsh
Picacho State Recreation Area
Pismo Lake Ecological Reserve
Poso Creek Marsh Area
Purisima Point Dune Area
San Elijo Lagoon
San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
San Mateo Creek Wetlands
Santa Catalina Island - Ben Weston Beach
Santa Ynez Lagoon (Surf Estuary)

Freshwater Marsh and Lake

McGrath State Beach

Geological Formation

Alabama Hills
Blackhawk Landslide
Cadiz Dunes
Carneros Rocks And Springs
Castle Buttes and Mountains
Chico Martinez Canyon
Cima Dome
Clark Mountains
Corona Del Mar Bluffs
Cucamonga Canyon Mylonites
Dana Cove Bluffs
Death Valley National Monument
Devils Punchbowl
Fossil Falls
Geode Mountain
Jalama Creek
Kane Spring
Lechuza Point
Malibu Canyon
Matilija Hot Springs Vicinity
Mecca Hills (including Painted Canyon)
More Mesa Asphalt Deposits
More Mesa Bluffs
Mule Canyon
Neenach Volcanic Formation
Orocopia Mountains
Painted Gorge
Pala Pegmatite District
Palos Verdes Hills Marine Terraces
Point Sal Area
Point San Luis Pillow Basalts
Providence Mountains
Pumpkin Patch
Rincon Pegmatite District
San Miguel Island
San Nicholas Island
Santa Catalina Island - Bird and Indian Rocks
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace
Sespe Gorge and Vicinity
The Sinks
Tick Canyon
Travertine Rock Area
Vasquez Rocks County Park
Wheeler Gorge

Glacial Remnants

San Gorgonio Wilderness

Grasslands

Camp San Luis Obispo Relict Grasslands
Delano Voice Of America Area
El Paso Mountains
Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve #1 And #2
Elkhorn Scarp
Gaviota State Beach
Geode Mountain
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area
Jawbone Canyon - Cross Mountain Area
Kern River State Park And Vicinity
Kernville Area
La Jolla Valley
La Panza Ranch
Lumreau - Cedar Creek Area
Lynns Valley
Malibu Gorge and Vicinity
Montana De Oro State Park And Vicinity
Morro Bay State Park
Paul Paine Wildflower Preserve
Peachy Canyon
Pleito Creek Area
Point Arguello Area
Point Buchon And Vicinity
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Point Sal State Beach
Potrero Los Pinos
Rancheria Road – Oak Flat Area
San Marcos Creek Site
Santa Barbara Island
Santa Catalina Island - Bullrush Canyon
Santa Catalina Island - Mount Orizaba to Mount Banning
Santa Catalina Island - Parsons Landing
Santa Catalina Island - Swains Canyon
Santa Rosa Plateau Area
Shell Creek Area
Sky Oaks Biological Field Station
Sycamore and Dark (East) Canyons
Tierra Redonda
Wilson Corners
Zaca Uplands

Grotto

Painted Cave

Hanging Valley

Mill Creek Canyon

High-Altitude Chaparral

Black Mountain Scenic Area

Interior Cypress Woodland

Cuyamaca Cypress Stand

Ironwood Woodland

Mc Coy Wash
Midland Ironwood Woodland

Island

Anacapa Island

Island Chaparral

Santa Cruz Island

Island Habitat

San Clemente Island
Santa Rosa Island
Torrey Pine Grove, Santa Rosa Island

Jeffery Pine

Mount Laguna

Joshua Tree Woodland

Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary
Bob's Gap
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary
Cameron Canyon - Mojave Area
Carl O. Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary
Chimney Creek-Canebreak Creek Area
Cima Dome
Clark Mountains
Eureka Valley, Southern Portion
Freeman - Indian Wells Canyons Area
Ivanpah Mountains and Mescal Range
Lanfair and Round Valleys
Mescal County Wildlife Sanctuary
Mitchell Caverns State Reserve
Providence Mountains
Red Rock Canyon And Dove Springs Area
Rock Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
Saddleback Butte State Park and Vicinity
Shadow Mountains
Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary
Turtle Mountains

Juniper Woodland

Mescal Creek

Juniper-Joshua Woodland

Ritter Ridge

Kelp Beds

Barn Kelp Bed
Encinitas – Cardiff Kelp Bed
Heisler Park Ecological Reserve
Laguna Beach (North)
Palos Verdes Peninsula Marine Area
Paradise Cove Marine Area
Point Buchon And Vicinity
Point Loma Kelp Bed
San Mateo Point Kelp Bed
Torrey Pines Kelp Bed

Lagoon

Agua Hedionda Lagoon and Marsh
Buena Vista Lagoon
Coal Oil Point Vicinity

Lake

Baldwin Lake and Meadows

Lake (artificial)

Lake Mathews

Lava Flows

Pisgah Crater

Limber Pine- Lodgepole Pine Forest

Mount Baden - Powell Ridge

Limestone Formation

Moulton Ranch Limestone

Live Oak Forest

Los Osos Oaks Natural Preserve

Lodgepole Pine Forest

Coyote Ridge
Devils Backbone – North

Low Desert To Ponderosa Pine

Martinez Canyon - Cottonwood Springs

Lower Sonoran Grasslands

Kern River Bluffs

Mammal Rookery

Santa Barbara Island

Marine Area

Corona Del Mar Coast
Dana Point Marine Area
Doheny Beach Marine Life Refuge

Marine Communities

Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge

Marine Habitat

San Clemente Island
Santa Rosa Island

Marine Refuge

Irvine Coast Marine Life Refuge
Newport Beach Marine Life Refuge
Point Fermin Marine Life Refuge
South Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge

Marine Terraces

Point Arguello Area

Marine Zone

Santa Catalina Island - Fisherman's Cove Area

Maritime Desert

Santa Catalina Island - Little Harbor, Cottonwood Creek

Marsh

Devil's Potrero
Eureka Valley, Southern Portion
Goose Lake Area
Harper Dry Lake ACEC
Kern Lake Bed Area
Laguna Lake
San Onofre State Beach (San Mateo Unit)

Meadow

Baldwin Lake and Meadows
Bluff Lake
Devil's Potrero
Mount San Jacinto State Park
San Jacinto Wilderness

Mesquite Scrub

El Paso Mountains

Mid-Miocene Paleontological Site

Shark Tooth Hill

Mixed Conifer

Mill Creek Canyon
Mount San Jacinto State Park
San Jacinto Wilderness
Sawmill Canyon

Mixed Coniferous Forest

Agua Tibia Wilderness

Mixed Conifer Woodland

Mescal Creek

Mixed Evergreen

Juncal Canyon
Rinconada Mine Area
San Rafael Wilderness
Solstice Canyon
Topanga and Upper Santa Ynez Canyons

Mixed Evergreen Forests

Crystal Lake
Cypress Mountain
Fern Creek - Mendenhall Canyon Area
Geode Mountain
Kinevan Canyon
Malibu Gorge and Vicinity
Mount Pinos – Sawmill Mountain Area
Santa Lucia Wilderness

Mountain Chaparral

James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve

Mountain Meadow

Big Pines Cienaga
San Sevaine Cow Camp

Mudflats

Morro Bay
South San Diego Bay

Nannofossil Site

Nopah Nannofossil Site

Numerous

Death Valley National Monument
Martinez Canyon - Cottonwood Springs
Point Conception Area

Oak Conifer Woodland

Fern Canyon Research Natural Area

Oak Woodland

Agua Tibia Wilderness
Calabasas Peak
Caliente Creek - Last Chance Canyon Area
Cameron Canyon - Mojave Area
Camp Pendleton
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Echo Valley Research Area
Evey Canyon Research Area
Ewing Oak Preserve
Fremont Canyon
Hibberd Preserve
Indian Knob
Jawbone Canyon - Cross Mountain Area
Juncal Canyon
Lake Enchanto Oak Forest
La Panza Ranch
Liberty Canyon
Los Osos Sandstone Hill
Lumreau - Cedar Creek Area
Lynns Valley
Malibu Gorge and Vicinity
Niguel Hill - Aliso Creek (South Laguna Hills)l
Peachy Canyon
Point Buchon And Vicinity
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Potrero Los Pinos
Rancheria Road – Oak Flat Area
Richbar - Democrat Hot Springs Area
Ryan Oak Glen Reserve
San Jose Hills
San Juan Canyon
San Marcos Creek Site
Santiago Oaks Regional Park
Sky Oaks Biological Field Station
Soquel Canyon
Sycamore and Dark (East) Canyons
Tejon Hills Area
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Wood Canyon
Yaeger Mesa

Oases

Dead Indian Creek Natural Area
Indian Canyons Palm Groves
Indio Hills Palm Oases

Open And Closed Oak Woodland

Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

Open Ocean

Coal Oil Point Vicinity

Open Water

South San Diego Bay

Paleontological Site

Carpinteria Asphalt Deposits
Emigrant Pass Area
Fossil Canyon Natural Area
Lompoc Diatomite Sites
Los Coyotes Regional Park
Marble Mountain Area
Rancho La Brea Tar Pits
San Clemente Island
Santa Rosa Island
Topanga Fauna Site
Yuha Buttes

Palms

Magnesia Spring Canyon

Palm Groves

Philip L Boyd Deep Canyon Desert

Palm Oasis

Corn Springs Wash
Whipple Mountains

Pine Forest

Bodfish Piute Cypress Grove Botanical Area And Vicinity
Mount Pinos Summit Plateau
Torrey Pines State Reserve

Pine And Mixed Evergreen Forest

Garcia Mountain Watershed

Pine And Oak Woodland

Caliente Roadless Area
Santa Cruz Island
Santiago Creek
Tierra Redonda
Wilson Corners

Pine Woodland

Chantry Flats
Charlton and Chilao Flats Area

Pinnacle Reef

Farnsworth Bank Ecological Reserve

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Arrastre Flat
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
Castle Buttes and Mountains
Clark Mountains
Cushenbury Canyon
Deep Canyon Watershed - Martinez Mountain
Dome Land Wilderness
Granite Mountains
Inyo Mountain Crest
Ivanpah Mountains and Mescal Range
Mid Hills
New York Mountain Highlands
Providence Mountains
Tehachapi Cave Area
Whippoorwill Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Wildhorse Mesa
Woods and Hackberry Mountains, Vontrigger Hills

Pinyon-Juniper-Sage Woodland

Lanfair and Round Valleys

Pinyon Pine - Oak

Brite Valley - Indian Hills Area

Pinyon-Scrub Oak Woodland

Fourth Of July Canyon

Pinyon Woodland

Cerro Gordo ACEC
Coxcomb Mountains
Freeman - Indian Wells Canyons Area
Grapevine Canyon
Joshua Tree National Monument
Kingstown Mountains
Mc Cain Valley Mountain Sheep Area
Mitchell Caverns State Reserve
Old Woman Mountains
Philip L Boyd Deep Canyon Desert
Reyes Peak
Surprise Canyon ACEC

Ponderosa Pine Forest

Black Mountain Scenic Area
Garner Valley - Thomas Mountain

Ponderosa Pine Woodland

Holcomb Valley

Quaking Aspen Stand

Quaking Aspen Stand

Rare Plant Site

Grays Well Area
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Mesa De Burro Orcuttia
Otay Mountain
Santa Catalina Island - Black Ridge
Santa Rosa Island

Rare Species

Morro Rock Ecological Reserve

Red Shank Chaparral

Sky Oaks Biological Field Station

Reefs

Point Buchon And Vicinity
Scripps Shoreline – Underwater Reserve; San Diego Marine Life Reserve

Relict Fir

Kingstown Mountains

Relict Strands

New York Mountain Highlands

Reptiles

Rand Mountains Desert Tortoise Preserve

Riparian

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Arroyo de la Cruz Area
Bautista Canyon
Big Rock Creek Canyon
Big Tujunga Wash
Bodfish - Garfield Area
Brite Creek Area
Buena Vista Lake Area
Caliente Creek - Last Chance Canyon Area
Carbon Canyon
Cold Creek
Coon Creek Area
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Darwin Falls/Canyon ACEC
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
Evey Canyon Research Area
Fremont Canyon
Garcia Mountain Watershed
Gaviota State Beach
Grapevine Canyon
Harding Canyon
Holy Jim Canyon
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Imperial Wildlife Area
Jawbone Canyon - Cross Mountain Area
Kern River Flood Plain Area
Kern River State Park And Vicinity
Kernville Area
La Panza Ranch
Liberty Canyon
Lost Hills Area
Malibu Canyon
Matilija Hot Springs Vicinity
Mojave River Camp
Nickerson Arroyo Sequit Reserve
Oasis De Los Osos Preserve
Pine Mountain and Vicinity
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Point Sal Area
Prado Basin
Purisima Point Dune Area
Richbar - Democrat Hot Springs Area
Ronald W Caspers Memorial Park
Rose Valley Falls and Meadow
San Onofre State Beach (San Mateo Unit)
San Juan Canyon
Santa Ana River Regional Park and Vicinity
Santa Catalina Island - Bullrush Canyon
Santa Catalina Island - Little Harbor, Cottonwood Creek
Santa Clara River Mouth
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
Santa Ynez River Dunes and Lompoc Terrace
Santiago Oaks Regional Park
Sespe Gorge and Vicinity
Silverado Canyon
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary
South Fork Kern River Riparian Area
Surprise Canyon ACEC
Sycamore Canyon
Trabuco Canyon
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Whipple Mountains
Whitewater Canyon
Whittier Narrows Nature Center
Wood Canyon

Riparian Association

Black Canyon Lake
Tuna Canyon

Riparian Woodland

Big Morongo Wildlife Reserve
Horseshoe Bend
Jalama Creek
Zuma Canyon

River

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Rocky Coast

Heisler Park Ecological Reserve
Niguel Marine Life Refuge

Rocky Intertidal

Dana Point Marine Life Refuge
Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge
Laguna Beach (North)
La Jolla Bay
Morro Rock Ecological Reserve
Point La Jolla – Tourmaline Canyon Intertidal Area
Point Loma Intertidal Area
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity
Scripps Shoreline – Underwater Reserve; San Diego Marine Life Reserve

Rocky Reef

Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
San Diego – La Jolla Ecological Reserve

Rocky Shore

Encinitas – Cardiff Kelp Bed

Rookery

Piedra Blanca Coast
San Miguel Island

Sagebrush Scrub

Aberdeen Volcanic Field And Vicinity
Little Black Rock Springs
Mescal Creek
Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge (Proposed)

Salt Marsh

Ballona Creek Marsh
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Preserve
Los Osos Estuary
Morro Bay
Morro Bay State Park
Mugu Lagoon
Ormond Beach, South
Saline Valley
Salton Sea Margin Areas
San Elijo Lagoon
Santa Ana River Mouth
Santa Catalina Island - Ironwood Gully
Santa Catalina Island - Little Harbor, Cottonwood Creek
Santa Ynez Lagoon (Surf Estuary)
South San Diego Bay
Upper Newport Bay
Ventura River Mouth

Salt to Brackish Marsh

Agua Hedionda Lagoon and Marsh
San Dieguito Lagoon

Sand Dunes

Algodones Dunes Research Natural Area
Cadiz Dunes
Dumont Dunes
Eureka Dunes
Kelso Dunes (and Devils Playground)
McGrath State Beach
Morro Bay State Park
Panamint Valley Dunes
Piedra Blanca Coast
Tijuana Slough
Ventura River Mouth

Sandy Beach

Laguna Beach (North)
Point Mugu State Park and Vicinity

Sandy Coast

Scripps Shoreline – Underwater Reserve; San Diego Marine Life Reserve

Sargent Cypress Grove

Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area

Scrub Chaparral

Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve

Seabird Rookery

Anacapa Island
Lion And Pecho Rocks

Semi-Desert Chaparral

Freeborn Mountain And Hubbard Hill Region

Semi Riparian

Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary

Shadescale Scrub

Antelope Springs
Fish Slough (including Owens Valley Native Fish Sanctuary)
Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge (Proposed)

Soil Formation

Kearny Mesa Lateritic Soils

Sonoran Desert Biota

Algodones Dunes Research Natural Area

Southern Oak Woodland

Carbon Canyon
Cold Creek
Diamond Bar
Dorland Ranch Preserve
Firestone Scout Reservation & Vicinity
Hot Springs Mountain
Limestone Canyon
Mount Laguna
Rio Hondo College Wildlife Sanctuary
Ronald W Caspers Memorial Park
Santa Rosa Plateau Area
Silverado Canyon
Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary
Topanga and Upper Santa Ynez Canyons

Springs

Newberry Springs

Stream

Mojave River Camp
Nickerson Arroyo Sequit Reserve

Sub To Supratidal Splash Zone

Palos Verdes Peninsula Shoreline

Subalpine

Mount San Jacinto State Park
San Jacinto Wilderness

Subalpine Forest

Devils Backbone – South
Mount San Antonio
San Gorgonio Wilderness

Submarine Canyon

La Jolla Bay
Mugu Submarine Canyon
San Diego – La Jolla Ecological Reserve

Surf Weed

Santa Catalina Island - Black Point

Tar Seeps

More Mesa Bluffs

Tecate Cypress

Sierra Peak Tecate Cypress

Tectonic Processes

Villa Creek-Estero Bay Melange Outcrops

Thermal Springs

Saratoga Springs

Tidepools

San Diego – La Jolla Ecological Reserve

Torrey Pine Forest

Torrey Pine Grove, Santa Rosa Island

Transition Forest

James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve

Tufa Deposits

Trona Tufa Pinnacles Natural Area

Tule Oak Preserve

Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge (Proposed)
Tule Elk State Reserve

Underwater Hot Springs

Whites Point

Unique Bishop Pine Strands

Los Osos Bishop Pines Area

Unique Flora

Comanche Point
Comanche Point Wildlife Area

Valley Brushland

Kern River Flood Plain Area

Valley Grassland

Camp Pendleton Grasslands
Tejon Hills Area

Valley Mesquite

Buena Vista Mesquite Area

Varied

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Various Marine Habitats

Point Dume

Vernal Pools

Isla Vista Vernal Pool
Lynns Valley
Mesa De Colorado
Miramar Mounds Natural Landmark
Otay Mesa Vernal Pools
Santa Rosa Plateau Area

Volcanic Cliffs

Piute Range

Volcanic Mesa

Wildhorse Mesa

Volcansim

Aberdeen Volcanic Field And Vicinity
Amboy Crater
Cindercone Area
Lava Bed Mountains (East)
Los Osos Valley Volcanic Peaks
Obsidian Buttes Area
Rodman Lava Area

Warm-Water Lake

Zaca Lake

Waterfowl Refuge

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands

Deep Springs
Salton Sea Wetlands

White Fir - Ponderosa Pine

Brite Valley - Indian Hills Area

Wildflower Display

California Poppy Preserve

Wildlife Refuge

Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Sanctuary

Sespe Condor Sanctuary

Woodland

Santa Catalina Island - Bullrush Canyon
Santa Catalina Island - Cherry Valley
Santa Catalina Island - Fisherman's Cove Area
Santa Catalina Island - Gallagher's Canyon
Santa Catalina Island - Little Harbor, Cottonwood Creek
Santa Catalina Island - Mount Orizaba to Mount Banning
Santa Catalina Island - Renton Mine Area
Santa Catalina Island - Swains Canyon

Xeric Chaparral

Chimney Creek-Canebreak Creek Area

Yellow Pine

Big Bear Lake
Crystal Lake
Hot Springs Mountain
Reyes Peak

Yucca-Cholla Association

Granite Mountains

 

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