List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area

This is a list of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, the nine California counties which border on San Francisco Bay. The area has a number of highly diverse, local bioregions, including San Bruno Mountain.

Flora

A

• Acanthomintha duttonii, common names San Mateo thornmint or Dutton's acanthomintha, found at Montara Mountain in San Mateo County^[1]
• Amsinckia grandiflora, common name large-flowered fiddleneck, found near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County^[2]
• Arctostaphylos bakeri, common name Baker's manzanita, found in Sonoma County^[3]
• Arctostaphylos densiflora, common name Vine Hill manzanita, found on land owned and protected by the California Native Plant Society, near Sebastopol, in Sonoma County^[4]
• Arctostaphylos hookeri, common name Franciscan manzanita, found in The Presidio, San Francisco, in San Francisco County^[5]
• Arctostaphylos imbricata, common name San Bruno Mountain manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County^[6]
• Arctostaphylos montaraensis, common name Montara manzanita, found on San Bruno Mountain and Montara Mountain in San Mateo County^[7]
• Arctostaphylos pallida, common names pallid manzanita, Oakland Hills manzanita, and Alameda manzanita, found in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area^[8]
• Arctostaphylos virgata, common names Bolinas manzanita and Marin manzanita, found in Marin County^[9]

B

• Blennosperma bakeri, common names Baker's stickyseed and Sonoma sunshine, found in Sonoma County

C

• Calochortus raichei, common names Cedars fairy-lantern and Cedars mariposa lily, found in Sonoma County
• Calochortus tiburonensis, common name Tiburon mariposa lily, found at Ring Mountain in Marin County
• Carex albida, common name white sedge, found in Sonoma County
• Ceanothus ferrisiae, common name coyote ceanothus, found at Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County
• Ceanothus masonii
• Chorizanthe valida
• Clarkia imbricata
• Cordylanthus nidularius

D

• Deinandra bacigalupii
• Delphinium bakeri
• Delphinium luteum
• Dirca occidentalis
• Dudleya setchellii

E

• Elymus californicus
• Erigeron serpentinus
• Eriogonum cedrorum
• Eriogonum truncatum
• Eriophyllum latilobum

H

• Hesperolinon congestum, common name Marin dwarf flax

I

• Isocoma arguta

L

• Lessingia micradenia
• Lilium pardalinum subsp. pitkinense
• Limnanthes vinculans

O

• Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii

P

• Pentachaeta bellidiflora
• Phacelia breweri
• Phacelia phacelioides
• Plagiobothrys strictus
• Poa napensis
• Polygonum marinense

S

• Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. viridis
• Streptanthus batrachopus
• Streptanthus callistus
• Streptanthus hispidus
• Streptanthus niger

Fauna

• Apodemia mormo langei
• Bay checkerspot
• California lizardfish
• Calosima munroei
• Mission blue butterfly
• Porcellio formosus
• California clapper rail, also found nominally in other locales, this bird has gotten extensive attention in the Bay Area
• Salt marsh harvest mouse
• San Bruno elfin butterfly
• San Francisco garter snake, San Mateo and northern Santa Cruz County
• Sorex ornatus sinuosus
• Syncaris pacifica
• Thicktail chub

Endangered or extinct

• Xerces blue, was found in San Francisco

• 
  Apodemia mormo langei
• 
  Bay checkerspot
• 
  Mission blue butterfly
• 
  Reithrodontomys raviventris (salt marsh harvest mouse)
• 
  San Francisco garter snake
• 
  Syncaris pacifica
• 
  Thicktail chub
• 
  Xerces blue specimens

References

StatesFederal districtTerritoriesTopics

General	* Flora of North America List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA) List of invasive species in North America § Plants List of endangered plants of North America List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

Floristic regions and provinces	Circumboreal Region North American Atlantic Region Rocky Mountain Floristic Region Madrean Region Caribbean bioregion Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province Appalachian Province Laurentian Mixed Forest Province Great Basin Floristic Province California Floristic Province

Ethnobotany	Native American Cherokee Iroquois Navajo Zuni List of medicinal plants of the American West

Categories	Flora of the United States Ecoregions Plant communities Grasslands Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Places

East of the Mississippi River	Wildflowers of New England Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains Flora of Door County, Wisconsin List of lichens of Maryland Soldiers Delight: Graminoids, Wildflowers, Woody plants, Ferns and fern allies, Lichens

Missouri River valley	List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition § Plants

Colorado	Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region

Puerto Rico	List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico List of grasses of Puerto Rico

Arizona and New Mexico	Flora of the Sonoran Desert (by common name) List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers Flora of the Arizona Upland

California

List of plants endemic to Hells Canyon List of California native plants List of species endemic to Mendocino County, California List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area § Flora List of Little Picacho Wilderness flora List of plants on the Modoc National Forest List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers List of flora of the Santa Monica Mountains Lichens of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone Flora of the Colorado Desert List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

Pacific islands	Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands § Plants List of Samoan plant common names