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California: Central Coast

Coast Range Fence Lizard 1
Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Red-eared Slider 2
Trachemys scripta elegans
Virginia Opossum 3
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 4
Sylvilagus audubonii
Brush Rabbit 5
Sylvilagus bachmani
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 6
Lepus californicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 7
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 8
Sciurus niger
Western Gray Squirrel 9
Sciurus griseus
Douglas' Squirrel 10
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Merriam's Chipmunk 11
Neotamias merriami
California Ground Squirrel 12
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Belding's Ground Squirrel 13
Urocitellus beldingi
Botta's Pocket Gopher 14
Thomomys bottae
Brown Rat 15
Rattus norvegicus
Mule Deer 16
Odocoileus hemionus
Blue Whale 17
Balaenoptera musculus
Humpback Whale 18
Megaptera novaeangliae
Harbour Porpoise 19
Phocoena phocoena
Risso's Dolphin 20
Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 21
Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 22
Delphinus delphis
Orca 23
Orcinus orca
Pacific Harbor Seal 24
Phoca vitulina richardii
Northern Elephant Seal 25
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 26
Zalophus californianus
Steller Sea Lion 27
Eumetopias jubatus
Northern Fur Seal 28
Callorhinus ursinus
Common Raccoon 29
Procyon lotor
Sea Otter 30
Enhydra lutris
Striped Skunk 31
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 32
Lynx rufus
Coyote 33
Canis latrans
Red Fox 34
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 35
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Common Mola 36
Mola mola
Milk Snail 37
Otala lactea
Garden Snail 38
Cornu aspersum
Black Tegula 39
Tegula funebralis
Asian Clam 40
Corbicula fluminea
Anise Swallowtail 41
Papilio zelicaon
Pipevine Swallowtail 42
Battus philenor
Umber Skipper 43
Lon melane
Fiery Skipper 44
Hylephila phyleus
Woodland Skipper 45
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Sandhill Skipper 46
Polites sabuleti
California Sister 47
Adelpha californica
Red Admiral 48
Vanessa atalanta
Mylitta Crescent 49
Phyciodes mylitta
Field Crescent 50
Phyciodes pulchella
West Coast Lady 51
Vanessa annabella
Red Admiral 52
Vanessa atalanta
Common Buckeye 53
Junonia coenia
Gray Buckeye 54
Junonia grisea
Common Ringlet 55
Coenonympha california
Monarch 56
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 57
Strymon melinus
Western Pygmy-Blue 58
Brephidium exilis
Cabbage White 59
Pieris rapae
Western Honey Bee 60
Apis mellifera
Variegated Meadowhawk 61
Sympetrum corruptum
Black Saddlebags 61
Tramea lacerata
Blue Dasher 61
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Green Darner 62
Anax junius
Vivid Dancer 61
Argia vivida
Familiar Bluet 63
Enallagma civile
Pacific Sand Crab 64
Emerita analoga
Greater Moon Jelly 65
Aurelia labiata
Purple-striped Sea Nettle 66
Chrysaora colorata
Egg-yolk Jelly 67
Phacellophora camtschatica
lady fern 68
Athyrium filix-femina
coast redwood 69
Sequoia sempervirens
Aleppo pine 70
Pinus halepensis
trailing blackberry 71
Rubus ursinus
Red-flowering gum 72
Corymbia ficifolia
coffeeberry 49
Frangula californica
Mediterranean buckthorn 38
Rhamnus alaternus
St. Catherine's-lace 73
Eriogonum giganteum
Slender Iceplant 47
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
sea fig 74
Carpobrotus edulis
Perez's sea lavender 75
Limonium perezii
seaside woolly sunflower 76
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
California sagebrush 77
Artemisia californica
coyote brush 78
Baccharis pilularis
Oregon Gumplant 79
Grindelia stricta
Coastal Goldenbush 80
Isocoma menziesii
box elder 81
Acer negundo
Red-flowering gum 72
Corymbia ficifolia
Bower Plant 78
Pandorea jasminoides
orange bush monkeyflower 82
Diplacus aurantiacus
tree tobacco 83
Nicotiana glauca
blue elder 84
Sambucus cerulea
fennel 85
Foeniculum vulgare
Ojai bushmallow 86
Malacothamnus nuttallii
Banana passionfruit 87
Passiflora tarminiana
Borage 88
Borago officinalis
redwood sorrel 89
Oxalis oregana
seacoast bulrush 90
Bolboschoenus robustus
Belladonna Lily 91
Amaryllis belladonna

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