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The Santa Rosa Plateau is home to several native plant communities and habitats, including purple needlegrass prairie (Nassella pulchra), California oak woodland (Engelmann Oaks—Quercus engelmannii), montane chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and vernal pools, which are increasingly rare in urbanized Southern California.
They have also been found near Soda Lake, Santa Barbara County, the Santa Rosa Plateau, San Diego County and Riverside County. [3] Branchinecta lynchi can live in groups within the vernal pools of densities up to 200 shrimp per liter of water. [13]
It is native to southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in scattered locations in vernal pool habitat. In 1993 it was known from fewer than 20 occurrences, including those at the Santa Rosa Plateau, a creek drainage near Hemet, Otay Mesa in San Diego County, and one spot in Woodland Hills.
Vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) — a fairy shrimp endemic to the vernal pools and swales in California’s Central Valley, coast ranges, and a limited number of sites in southern Oregon. The species produces drought-resistant cysts that can survive dry periods for years, allowing populations to persist in ephemeral habitats.
The Merced National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres (41.53 km 2) of wetlands, native grasslands, vernal pools, and riparian areas in California. It was established in 1951 under the Lea Act to attract wintering waterfowl from adjacent farmland where their foraging was causing crop damage. In the last few decades, changes in ...
The Preserve lies between Petaluma and Santa Rosa, California; access may be achieved from Petaluma Hill Road, and thence to Roberts Road and Lichau Road. On route along Roberts Road, one can obtain glimpses of the channel restoration work on lower Copeland Creek conducted during the late 1990s; this work featured erosion control, native ...
This liverwort grows in moist coastal scrub habitat and vernal pools. At least one population occurs on the grounds of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, [3] and it has also been noted on the Santa Rosa Plateau. [1]
The Northern Basalt Flow Vernal Pools habitat is found in only four localities within the state. Time and erosion have split the volcanic plateau of Table Mountain into two sections, north and south. There are smaller ravines as well that support various types of trees and woodlands. The top expanse has grasslands with lichen-covered rocks.