| Species | Status | Recovery Plan | Distribution and Habitat |
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| CA | USA |
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| Plants |
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| large-flowered fiddleneck (Amsinckia grandiflora) | CE | FE | Yes | NW SJV; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grasslands |
| Kaweah brodiaea (Brodiaea insignis) | CE | None | No | Tulare County; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland / granitic or clay |
| Chinese Camp brodiaea (Brodiaea pallida) | CE | PE | No | Tuolumne County; Valley and foothill grassland (vernal streambeds, serpentinite) |
| succulent owl's-clover (Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta) | CE | FT | In Progress | N SJV; Vernal pools |
| Hoover's spurge (Chamaesyce hooveri) | None | FT | In Progress | N SJV, SV; Vernal pools |
| Springville clarkia (Clarkia springvillensis) | CE | PT | No | Tulare County; Chaparral, Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland |
| Delta button-celery (Eryngium racemosum) | CE | None | No | N SJV; Riparian scrub (vernally mesic clay depressions) |
| Contra Costa wallflower (Erysimum capitatum ssp. angustatum) | CE | FE | Yes | Antioch Dunes, NW SJV; stabilized riverine dunes / sand and clay |
| striped adobe-lily (Fritillaria striata) | CT | PT | No | S SJV; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland / adobe |
| Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens) | None | FE | In Progress | N Coast, S SV, N SJV, San Francisco Bay, N Salinas Valley, S Coast; Valley grassland, vernal pools |
| MasonŐs lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis masonii) | CR | None | No | Delta Region S SV, N SJV; tidally-inundated freshwater and brackish water marshes |
| Antioch Dunes evening-primrose (Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii) | CE | FE | Yes | Antioch Dunes, NW SJV; stabilized riverine dunes / sand and clay |
| San Joaquin Valley orcutt grass (Orcuttia inaequalis) | CE | FT | In Progress | SJV; Vernal pools |
| hairy orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa) | CE | FE | In Progress | N SJV, SV; Vernal pools |
| Hartweg's goldensunburst (Pseudobahia bahiifolia) | CE | FE | No | North-central SJV, S SV; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland / clay |
| San Joaquin adobe sunburst (Pseudobahia peirsonii) | CE | FT | No | South-central SJV; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland |
| Keck's checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii) | None | PE | No | Central SJV; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland |
| Green's tuctoria (Tuctoria greenei) | CR | FE | In Progress | SJV, SV; Vernal pools |
| California vervain (Verbena californica) | CT | PT | No | Tuolumne County; Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland |
| Crustaceans |
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| Conservancy fair shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) | None | FE | In Progress | SV, N SJV; vernal pools in valley grassland |
| longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna) | None | FE | In Progress | SJV; vernal pools in Valley and foothill grassland and Chenopod scrub |
| vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) | None | FT | In Progress | SV, SJV; vernal pools in Foothill grassland and Chenopod scrub |
| vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) | None | FE | In Progress | SV, N SJV; vernal pools in Valley grassland |
| Insects |
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| Lange's metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei) | None | FE | Yes | Antioch Dunes NW SJV; buckwheat in Valley grasslands / sands |
| Valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) | None | FT | Yes | SV, SJV, riparian communities; requires elderberry bushes for larval development |
| Amphibians |
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| California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) | None | FC | In Progress | N SJV, S SV, Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Coastal Ranges; aquatic larval stage in Vernal pools, adults in Valley and foothill grassland, Cismontane woodland, Chaparral,, Coastal shrub scrub |
| California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) | None | FT | In Progress | SV, N SJV, Coastal Ranges, N, C, and S Coast; amphibious in ponds, creeks, marshes, and other freshwater and wetland |
| Reptiles |
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| Alameda striped racer (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus) | None | FT | No | East Bay area in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties; Chaparral, coastal scrub, Valley and foothill grassland; pine/oak woodlands |
| giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) | CT | FT | In Progress | SV, SJV; amphibious in freshwater streams, sloughs, and marshes on Valley floor |
| Birds |
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| Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia) | None | FT | Yes | SV, N SJV (winter range); marshes, lakes, ponds, pastures, and croplands on Valley floor |
| Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) | CT | None | No | CV, Modoc Plateau and scattered areas desert areas; riparian, certain crops, isolated trees for nesting |
| mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) | None | FC | No | SJV and adjacent lowlands, Imperial Valley, Gulf Coast (wintering grounds); valley and foothill grassland, chenopod scrub |
| western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) | CE | None | No | S British Columbia to CA and NV and Mexico (breeding season); dense riparian forest and woodlands (breeding habitat) |
| southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii estimus) | CE | FE | In Progress | CV and east Slope of Sierra Nevada (breeding range); willow thickets, other shrubby riparian associations. |
| American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) | CE | FE | Yes | S Canada, U.S.A., N Mexico (historical breeding range); habitat highly variable, feed mainly on small to medium-sized birds |
| greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida) | CT | None | No | British Columbia S and E to NE CA, OR, MI (breeding); CA and TX (winter); cultivated fields, marshes, Valley grasslands (winter) |
| California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) | CE | FE | Yes | S SJV (recent), Transverse Range and adjacent lowlands; range widely; feed on carcasses of large mammals including livestock |
| bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | CE | FT | Yes | Alaska to Mexico (historical range), SJV mostly for wintering; mostly associated with rivers and lakes |
| California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) | CT | None | No | W Central lowland CA to N Baja California (historic); coastal and freshwater marshes |
| bank swallow (Riparia riparia) | CT | None | Yes | CA lowlands, CV (breeding), S. Amer. (winter); nest in holes in steep or vertical river banks / sandy to silt loam soils preferred for digging nests |
| least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) | CE | FE | Yes | Lowlands of S, Central CA (historic; probably extirpated from CV); Deciduous riparian forest with cottonwood and willow composition and thick shrub understory |