Natural History of Orange County, California and nearby places Complete list of animal phyla including those not represented here Bryant's Creatures
Fungi
Ocean
California's Nearshore Waters and Open Ocean
Islands and Offshore Rocks
California's Islands and Offshore Rocks
Rocky Intertidal
Intertidal Life of Orange County, California California's rocky intertidal zones
Bluffs and Headlands
California's Coastal Bluffs
Beaches
California's Beaches
California's Coastal Sand Dunes
California's Marine Terraces
Streams and Rivers
Introduction to Orange County Watersheds
Wetlands
Filter Feeders California's Wetlands California's coastal wetlands Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County Upper Newport Bay
Coastal Sage Scrub
Chaparral
Oak Woodland
After the Rain
Coastal Mountains
California's coastal mountains
Vandergast, A. G., A. J. Bohonak, S. A. Hathaway, J. Boys, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California? Biological Conservation 141:1648-1664.
Finding Evolutionary Hotspots in Southern California for Conservation Planning
California Wildlife Habitat Relationships
Compiled by Dr. Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) School of Biological Sciences University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717, USA Phone (949) 824-4714 Fax (949) 824-3571