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Flora and Fauna of the Auburn State Recreation Area

This is a guide of the Flora and Fauna of the American River area covered by the Auburn State Recreation Area.

Foothill desert-parsley 1
Lomatium utriculatum
Painted Lady 2
Vanessa cardui
California goldfields 3
Lasthenia californica
musk stork's-bill 4
Erodium moschatum
American Bullfrog 5
Lithobates catesbeianus
Ensatina 6
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Sierra Nevada Ensatina 7
Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
Sierra Newt 3
Taricha sierrae
Southern Alligator Lizard 8
Elgaria multicarinata
California Alligator Lizard 9
Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
Western Fence Lizard 10
Sceloporus occidentalis
Northwestern Fence Lizard 11
Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis
Western Whiptail 12
Aspidoscelis tigris
Sharp-tailed Snake 13
Contia tenuis
California King Snake 14
Lampropeltis californiae
Western Rattlesnake 15
Crotalus oreganus
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake 16
Crotalus oreganus oreganus
Acorn Woodpecker 17
Melanerpes formicivorus
Hairy Woodpecker 18
Dryobates villosus
Belted Kingfisher 19
Megaceryle alcyon
Band-tailed Pigeon 20
Patagioenas fasciata
Turkey Vulture 21
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 22
Meleagris gallopavo
Spotted Sandpiper 23
Actitis macularius
Killdeer 24
Charadrius vociferus
Peregrine Falcon 25
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 26
Falco sparverius
White-throated Swift 27
Aeronautes saxatalis
Common Goldeneye 20
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 28
Mergus merganser
Canada Goose 29
Branta canadensis
Red-tailed Hawk 30
Buteo jamaicensis
Violet-green Swallow 31
Tachycineta thalassina
Rock Wren 32
Salpinctes obsoletus
Bewick's Wren 33
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 34
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 35
Catharus guttatus
Western Bluebird 35
Sialia mexicana
Varied Thrush 36
Ixoreus naevius
Spotted Towhee 37
Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee 38
Melozone crissalis
Black-throated Sparrow 39
Amphispiza bilineata
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 40
Aimophila ruficeps
Bushtit 41
Psaltriparus minimus
American Dipper 33
Cinclus mexicanus
Steller's Jay 42
Cyanocitta stelleri
Lesser Goldfinch 33
Spinus psaltria
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 43
Lepus californicus
California Ground Squirrel 44
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Mule Deer 45
Odocoileus hemionus
American Black Bear 46
Ursus americanus
California Black Bear 47
Ursus americanus californiensis
North American River Otter 43
Lontra canadensis
Coyote 48
Canis latrans
Sierra Sideband 49
Monadenia mormonum
Asian Clam 50
Corbicula fluminea
Aphonopelma johnnycashi 51
Graemeloweus iviei 52
Clark's Sphinx Moth 53
Proserpinus clarkiae
White-lined Sphinx Moth 54
Hyles lineata
Anise Swallowtail 55
Papilio zelicaon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 56
Papilio rutulus
Pipevine Swallowtail 57
Battus philenor
California Pipevine Swallowtail 58
Battus philenor hirsuta
Propertius Duskywing 3
Erynnis propertius
California Sister 3
Adelpha californica
Lorquin's Admiral 59
Limenitis lorquini
Mylitta Crescent 60
Phyciodes mylitta
American Lady 61
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 62
Nymphalis antiopa
California Tortoiseshell 63
Nymphalis californica
Common Buckeye 64
Junonia coenia
Common Ringlet 65
Coenonympha tullia
California Ringlet 66
Coenonympha tullia california
Golden Hairstreak 67
Habrodais grunus
California Hairstreak 60
Satyrium californica
Silvery Blue 68
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Echo Azure 10
Celastrina echo
Orange Sulphur 69
Colias eurytheme
Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
Margined White 70
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 71
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 72
Pontia protodice
Girdler Moth 73
Dargida procinctus
Archirhoe neomexicana 74
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 75
Bombus vosnesenskii
Western Honey Bee 76
Apis mellifera
California Gall Wasp 77
Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp 12
Callirhytis quercuspomiformis
Willow Apple Gall Sawfly 12
Pontania californica
Convergent Lady Beetle 78
Hippodamia convergens
Western Spotless Lady Beetle 79
Cycloneda polita
California Sulphur-winged Grasshopper 70
Arphia behrensi
Painted Meadow Grasshopper 3
Chimarocephala pacifica
Fontana Grasshopper 80
Trimerotropis fontana
Largus cinctus 81
Widow Skimmer 82
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 83
Libellula pulchella
Variegated Meadowhawk 84
Sympetrum corruptum
Western Pondhawk 33
Erythemis collocata

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