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Crestridge Ecological Reserve - San Diego County

Lakeside Ceanothus, Ceanothus cyaneus; San Diego Thornmint, Acanthomintha ilicifolia; Hermes Copper Butterfly , Lycaena hermes; Harbison's Dun Skipper , Euphyes vestris harbisoni; California Gnatcatcher , Polioptila californica californica; White-tailed Kite , Elanus leucurus; Cooper's Hawk , Accipiter cooperi. In addition, species such as mule deer, fox, coyote, bobcats have been determined to be present and birds of prey such as Red-tailed Hawks and numerous species of owls, bats and rattlesnakes occur within the Crestridge Ecological Reserve.

• Invertebrates (pdf file, 35K)
• Plants (pdf file, 68K)
• Vertebrates (pdf file, 38K)

Birds

• Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperi
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
• Bell's Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli belli
• Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
• Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus leucurus
• California Gnatcatcher, Polioptila californica californica

Butterflies

• Quino Checkerspot Butterfly, Euphydryas editha quino
• Harbison's Dun Skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni
• Hermes Copper, Lycaena hermes

Mammals

• Mountain Lion, Felis concolor
• Southern Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus fuliginata

Reptiles

• Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail, Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi
• Red Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber ruber
• San Diego Coast Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillei
• Two-striped Gartersnake, Thamnophis couchi hammondi

• San Diego Thornmint, Acanthomintha ilicifolia
• San Diego Sagewort , Artemisia palmeri
• Lakeside Ceanothus, Ceanothus cyaneus
• Delicate Clarkia , Clarkia delicata
• Small-flowered Morning-glory , Convolvulus simulans
• Palmer's Grappling Hook , Harpagonella palmeri
• Ramona Horkelia, Horkelia truncata
• Rush-like Bristleweed, Machaeranthera juncea
• San Diego Goldenstar, Muilla clevelandii
• Golden-rayed Pentachaeta, Pentachaeta aurea
• Engelmann Oak, Quercus engelmannii
• Ashy Spike-moss, Selaginella cinerascens
• San Diego County Viguiera, Viguiera laciniata