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Endangered
Species
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 California
Tiger Salamander 
The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
is an important part of California's precious natural heritage.
This amphibian was historically distributed throughout most
of the Central Valley, adjacent foothills, Coast Ranges, and
the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County. Locally, it is now found
in only the deepest vernal pools and a few suitable artificial
ponds in the Santa Rosa Plain. |
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 Burke's
Goldfields
Burke's goldfields (Lasthenia burkei) is a small, slender
annual herb in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It has narrow,
opposite leaves and bright reddish golden flowers. It is extremely
rare, being found in only few areas of the Laguna de Santa Rosa
and the northern Santa Rosa Plains. |
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 Sebastopol
Meadowfoam
Sebastopol meadowfoam (Limnanthes vinculans) is a small
(up to 12-inch tall), multi-stemmed herb of the false meadowfoam
family (Limnanthaceae). Although the first leaves are narrow
and undivided, leaves on the mature plant have three to five
undivided, paddle-shaped leaflets along each side of a long
stalk (petiole). The small white flowers occur in profuse masses
lining pools and swales, giving the appearance of "foam"
in the grass during spring. Locally, this species is restricted
to the southern half of the Santa Rosa Plains. |
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 Sonoma
Sunshine
Baker's stickyseed (Blennosperma bakeri), which is also
known as Sonoma sunshine, is a small (up to 12 inches in height),
annual herb in the aster family (Asteraceae). The plant has
alternate, narrow, hairless leaves, 2 to 6 inches long. The
upper ones have 1 to 3 lobes, the lower ones none. The small
flowers are bright yellow. This species is the most widely distributed
of the endangered plants in the Santa Rosa Plain. |
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