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Preserving our Natural Heritage for the Coachella Valley

Species   Common Name Specific Epithet
Mammals Palm Springs pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris bangsi
Palm Springs (Round-tailed) Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tereticaudus var. chlorus
Peninsular bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis
Southern yellow bat Lasiurus ega (xanthinus)
 
Amphibians Arroyo southwestern toad Bufo microscaphus californicus
Desert slender salamander Batrachoseps aridus
 
Fish Desert pupfish Cyprinodon macularius macularius
 
Insects Coachella Giant Sand treader Cricket Macrobaenetes valgum
Coachella Valley Jerusalem Cricket Stenopelmatus cahuilaensis
 
Reptiles Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard Uma inornata
Desert tortoise Xerobates agassizii (or Gopherus agassizii)
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii
 
Plants Coachella Valley milkvetch Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae
Little San Bernardino Mountains Gilia Gilia maculata
Mecca Aster Xylorhiza cognata
Orocopia Sage Salvia greatae
Triple-ribbed milkvetch Astragalus tricarinatus
 
Birds Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia
California black rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Crissal thrasher Toxostoma crissali
Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
Least Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii pusillus
Le Conte's thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
Summer tanager Piranga rubra cooperi
Yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens
Yellow warbler Dendroica petechia brewsteri
Yuma clapper rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Birds Active Desert Dunes Mojave mixed woody scrub
Active Desert Sand Fields Mojavean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Arrowweed Scrub Peninsular Juniper Woodland and Scrub
Chamise Chaparral Redshank Chaparral
Cismontane Alkali Marsh Semi-desert Chaparral
Coastal and Valley Freshwater Marsh Sonoran Cottonwood-Willow Riparian Forest
Desert Dry Wash Woodland Sonoran Creosote Bush Scrub
Desert Fan Palm Oasis Woodland Sonoran Mixed Woody and Succulent Scrub
Desert Saltbush Scrub Southern Arroyo Willow Riparian Forest
Desert Sink Scrub Southern Sycamore-Alder Riparian Woodland
Ephemeral Desert Sand Fields Stabilized and Partially Stabilized Desert Dunes
Mesquite Bosque Stabilized and Partially Stabilized Desert Sand Fields
Mesquite Hummocks Stabilized Shielded Desert Sand Fields