List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area facts for kids
This is a list of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, the nine California counties which border on San Francisco Bay. The area has a number of highly diverse, local bioregions, including San Bruno Mountain.
Flora
A
- Acanthomintha duttonii, common names San Mateo thornmint or Dutton's acanthomintha, found at Montara Mountain in San Mateo County
- Amsinckia grandiflora, common name large-flowered fiddleneck, found near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County
- Arctostaphylos bakeri, common name Baker's manzanita, found in Sonoma County
- Arctostaphylos densiflora, common name Vine Hill manzanita, found on land owned and protected by the California Native Plant Society, near Sebastopol, in Sonoma County
- Arctostaphylos hookeri, common name Franciscan manzanita, found in The Presidio, San Francisco, in San Francisco County
- Arctostaphylos imbricata, common name San Bruno Mountain manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County
- Arctostaphylos montaraensis, common name Montara manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain and Montara Mountain in San Mateo County
- Arctostaphylos pallida, common names pallid manzanita, Oakland Hills manzanita, and Alameda manzanita, found in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area
- Arctostaphylos virgata, common names Bolinas manzanita and Marin manzanita, found in Marin County
B
- Blennosperma bakeri, common names Baker's stickyseed and Sonoma sunshine, found in Sonoma County
C
- Calochortus raichei, common names Cedars fairy-lantern and Cedars mariposa lily, found in Sonoma County
- Calochortus tiburonensis, common name Tiburon mariposa lily, found at Ring Mountain in Marin County
- Carex albida, common name white sedge, found in Sonoma County
- Ceanothus ferrisiae, common name coyote ceanothus, found at Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County
- Ceanothus masonii
- Chorizanthe valida
- Clarkia imbricata
- Cordylanthus nidularius
D
E
- Elymus californicus
- Erigeron serpentinus
- Eriogonum cedrorum
- Eriogonum truncatum
- Eriophyllum latilobum
H
- Hesperolinon congestum, common name Marin dwarf flax
I
L
O
P
- Pentachaeta bellidiflora
- Phacelia breweri
- Phacelia phacelioides
- Plagiobothrys strictus
- Poa napensis
- Polygonum marinense
S
- Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. viridis
- Streptanthus batrachopus
- Streptanthus callistus
- Streptanthus hispidus
- Streptanthus niger
Fauna
- Apodemia mormo langei
- Bay checkerspot
- California lizardfish
- Calosima munroei
- Mission blue butterfly
- Porcellio formosus
- California clapper rail, also found nominally in other locales, this bird has gotten extensive attention in the Bay Area
- Salt marsh harvest mouse
- San Bruno elfin butterfly
- San Francisco garter snake, San Mateo and northern Santa Cruz County
- Sorex ornatus sinuosus
- Syncaris pacifica
- Thicktail chub
Endangered or extinct
- Xerces blue, was found in San Francisco
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Xerces blue specimens
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