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Endangered Species in Santa Cruz County - Status Key 'E'
18 species have the selected status...
- Ben Lomond Spineflower
"The Ben Lomond spineflower is a small annual herb in the buckwheat family; it is ..." - Brown Pelican
"The adult brown pelican is a large dark gray-brown water bird with white about the ..." - California Clapper Rail
"The California Clapper Rail lives year-round in coastal wetlands and brackish areas around San Francisco, ..." - Coho Salmon
"Coho smolts generally migrate to the open ocean in the spring of their second year. ..." - Mount Hermon June Beetle
"The Mt. Hermon June Beetle is a member of the family Scarabaeidae, a group containing ..." - Ohlone Tiger Beetle
"Tiger beetles are day-active insects that prey on small arthropods; because many tiger beetles feed ..." - Robust Spineflower
"The Robust Spineflower is an annual herb, member of the buckwheat family; native to California ..." - San Francisco garter snake
"The San Francisco Garter Snake is a colorful garter snake, averaging 2-3 ft. in length. ..." - Santa Cruz Cypress
"A member of the coniferous cypress family, the Santa Cruz Cypress is a tree ranging ..." - Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander
"The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander is a relatively small (four to 12 inches), black salamander ..." - Santa Cruz Tarplant
"Santa Cruz Tarplant is a spreading, aromatic and glandular annual herb in the sunflower family ..." - Santa Cruz Wallflower
"Also known as the Ben Lomond Wallflower, this is a short-lived perennial plant, or occasionally ..." - Scotts Valley Polygonum
"The Scotts Valley Polygonum (also known as Hickman's Knotweed) is a small, erect, taprooted annual ..." - Scotts Valley Spineflower
"A short-lived annual species in the buckwheat family, the Scotts Valley Spineflower is a low-growing ..." - Smith's Blue Butterfly
"Smith's Blue Butterfly historically ranged along the coast from Monterey Bay south to Point Gorda, ..." - Tidewater Goby
"The Tidewater Goby is a small, 2-inch long, bottom-dwelling fish with large fins, a ventral ..." - White-Rayed Pentachaeta
"The White-rayed Pentachaeta (also known as the White-rayed Pygmy Daisy) is an annual herb in ..." - Zayante Band-winged Grasshopper
"The Zayante Band-winged Grasshopper is a smaller species of grasshopper, typically brownish-grey with bluish hind ..."
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E — Endangered
T — Threatened
CH — Critical Habitat
PE — Taxa proposed for listing as endangered
PT — Taxa proposed for listing as threatened
PCH — Critical habitat which has been proposed
C — Candidate species for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has on file sufficient information on the biological vulnerability and threats to support proposals to list as endangered or threatened