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ATLAS of the Biodiversity of California

About the Atlas

The "Atlas of the Biodiversity of California" is a fascinating guide to the state’s biological resources.

About the BioDiversity ATLAS Wildlife Illustrations in the Atlas

Why we picked them
Calochortus_tiburonensis


Sample Pages from The Atlas

View example pages from the Atlas including our table of contents. With these you can have a sneak-peak of what you will find inside our book.




  For more information about the Atlas, contact us by mail at:

California Department of Fish and Game
Biogeographic Data Branch
1807 13th Street, Suite 202
 Sacramento,   CA    95811
(916) 322-2493
Attn: Information Services/Atlas

By e-mail, questions or comments should be directed to:
bdb@dfg.ca.gov

Our photograph and illustration editor provides background on why we chose the illustrations that appear in the Atlas.
Read the first article about the Solano grass
(Tuctoria mucronata) illustration
.



Interpreting the Rarity Hotspot Maps

Department biologist Kevin Hunting explains how our rarity hotspot maps were created and how best to interpret them.




Sierra Nevada Climate
A case for a cold-winter Mediterranean?

California's Sierran Climate is "Mediterranean" in almost every respect except that winters are too cold and it snows. Read more about this climate and where else it is found in the world.