Special Species

ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES IN SAN BERNARDINO FOREST

A total of 42 endangered, threatened or otherwise imperiled species, 21 plant and 21 animal species, are present or potentially present in the San Bernardino Forest. Increasing development within the forest is threatening to destroy the habitats of these vanishing plants and animals. The table below shows the listed species, their designated Federal and California status and selected links to sites with descriptions and pictures.

STATUS		SPECIES TYPE	LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION
FED	CAL	SPECIES TYPE	LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION
		ANIMALS
e	e	American peregrine falcon	\| US Fish & Wildlife Serv \| SchoolWorld \|
e	c	Arroyo toad	\| Biological Diversity \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \|
t	e	Bald eagle	\| US Fish & Wildlife Serv \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \| SchoolWorld \|
e	e	California condor	\| Audubon \| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| Defenders of Wildlife \| US Fish & Wildlife Serv \|
t	c	California gnatcatcher	\| Audubon \| US Fish & Wildlive Serv \| Sweetwater \| Federal Register \|
t	c	California red-legged frog	\| Biological Diversity \| Environmental Defense \| SchoolWorld \| US Fish & Wildlife Serv \|
t	t	Desert tortoise	\| DesertUSA \| Biological Diversity \| EarthJustice \|
e	e	Least bell's vireo	\| Audubon \| Sweetwater \| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \|
c	t	Mojave ground squirrel	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| National Wildlife Fed \|
e	e	Mojave tui chub	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
pe		Mountain yellow-legged frog	\| National Wildlife Fed \| Earth Crash \| Earth Justice \|
e	t	Peninsular bighorn sheep	\| Biological Diversity \| US Fish & Wildlife Serv \| Defenders of Wildlife \|
e		Quino checkerspot butterfly	\| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \| WildlifeWebsite \|
e	c	San Bernardino kangaroo rat	\| Biological Diversity \| Cal Dept of Pesticide Reg \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \|
t	c	Santa Ana sucker	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \|
e		Shay Creek stickleback	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
s	t	Southern rubber boa	\| National Wildlife Fed \| W Riverside Co Ecoregion \|
t	c	Southern steelhead	\| Biological Diversity \| So Cal Steelhead Recovery Coalition \|
e3		Southwestern willow flycatcher	\| Biological Diversity \| National Wildlife Fed \| Sweetwater \|
e	t	Stephen's kangaroo rat	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| National Wildlife Fed \|
s	t	Swainson's hawk	\| Audubon \| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| Friends of Swainson's Hawk \|
		PLANTS
t		Ash-gray Indian paintbrush	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
t		Big Bear Valley sandwort	\| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e	e	Bird-footed checkerbloom	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
e		California taraxacum	\| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e		Coachella Valley milk-vetch	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
e		Cushenbury buckwheat	\| Center for Plant Conservation \| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e		Cushenbury milk-vetch	\| Center for Plant Conservation \| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e		Cushenbury oxytheca	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
e		Gambel's water cress	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
e	e	Marsh sandwort	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
c/s	e	Mojave tarplant	\| Center for Plant Conservation \|
e	e	Nevin's barberry	\| So Cal Wildflowers \|
t		Parish's daisy	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
e		San Bernardino blue grass	\| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e		San Bern Mtns bladderpod	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
e	e	Santa Ana River woolly star	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \|
e	e	Slender-horned spineflower	\| Cal Dept of Fish & Game \| Center for Plant Conservation \|
e	e	Slender-petaled thelypodium	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|
t		Southern mountain buckwheat	\| Calphotos Berkeley \|
t	e	Thread-leaved brodiaea	\| So Cal Wildflowers \|
e		Triple-ribbed milk-vetch	\| Cal Native Plant Society \|