CHAPARRAL HABitat

Plants

Ceanothus (many species)- also called wild lilac
Our Lord’s Candle - Hesperoyyucca whipplei
Scrub oak – Quercus berberbidifolia
Holly leaf redberry- Rhamnus ilicifolia
Toyon- Heteromeles arbutifolia
Mission Manzanita- Xylococcus bicolor
Mountain mahogany- Cerocarpus minutiflorus
Sugar Bush- Rhus ovata
Chamise – Adenostoma fasciculatum- also found in habitat known as "Chamise Chaparral"

Animals

Reptiles and Amphibians
Spadefoot toad- Spea hammondii
Slender salamander- Batraschoseps attenuatus
Coast (Sand Diego) horned lizard (rare)- Phrynosoma coronatum
California striped whip snake (very common)- Masticophis lateralis
California kingsnake- Lampropeltis getula
Western Rattlesnake (Southern Pacific subspecies)- Crotalus viridis

Birds
Wrentit- Chamaesa fasciata
Bushtit- Psaltriparus minimus
California Thrasher- Toxostoma redivivum
Scrub Jay- Aphelocoma californica
California Towhee- Pipilo crissalis

Mammals
Coyote- Canis latrans
Mule deer- Odocoileus hemionus
Big-eared woodrat- Neotoma fuscipes
Deer mouse- Peromyscus maniculatus
Striped skunk- Mephitis mephitis

Invertebrates
Ceanothus moth
Oak gall wasp-Family Sphecidiae
Western tiger swallowtail butterfly-Papilio rutulus
Ambush bug