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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Light Purple color with yellow spots
-Rough Texture
-Looks like a rock
-Lives near the low tide mark
-It preys on Mollusks
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Rough Limpet (Lottia scabra)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-White shells
-Black stripes
-Different sizes
-Rough texture
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Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-White dorsal stripe
-Dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concenrated within the dark blotches
-Oval paratoid glands
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Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Almost an inch in long
-Orange-Red Color
-Black legs
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Coastal Pricklypear (Opuntia littoralis)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Oval Shaped
-Clusters of yellowish spines 2-4 centimeters long
-Yellow-Green plant
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Big Saltbush (Atriplex lentiformis)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Rounded bush
-Ranges from 3-6 feet in height and 6-9 feet wide
-Green and Yellow mixture of leaves
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California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Upper part Mottled
-Gray, light brown, and dusky hairs
-Whitish fur around eyes
-Black fur around ears
-Bushy tail
-Head and Body about 12 inches
-Tail about 6 inches
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-2/3 inches in length
-Coloration on the underside of its body
-Males have blue patches on their underarms, throats and on the undersides of their abdomens
-Females have much less coloration than males
Its dorsal scales range in color from brown, tan, gray and sometimes black (Schwenkmeyer,2001)
-Pointy and rough texture
-Can live up to 5/6 years
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Branching Phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima)Observer
marcoperaltaDescription
-Large bushy moss
-Leaves stick out in all directions
-Dry texture
-Green on some areas and brown(dried) on others
-Yellow-Green stem
-Grows on calcareous ground in woodland
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Genus StereumObserver
marcoperaltaDescription
-Family Group: Polypore
-Light brown and white striped fungi
-Shaped as shells
-Dry/Rough texture
-Overlap each other
