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California's coastal prairies are the most species-rich grassland types in North America, with up to 26 species present per square meter. [1] They have been described in literature as "previously unrecognized biodiversity hotspots," and are also known to provide an array of essential services—for instance, carbon storage, water filtration, agriculture, and livestock farming. [2]
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) WHIP is a voluntary landowner program that is devoted to the improvement of upland wildlife habitat. It is available in all 50 states and has enrolled nearly 11,000 landowners totaling 1,600,000 acres (6,500 km 2) since its beginning in 1998. Eligibility is limited to privately owned, federal, tribal ...
Platanthera leucophaea, commonly known as the prairie white fringed orchid [6] or eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare species of orchid native to North America. It is a federally threatened species, [ 7 ] protected since October 30, 1989 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 . [ 8 ]
The California Central Valley grasslands is a temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in California's Central Valley.It a diverse ecoregion containing areas of desert grassland (at the southern end), prairie, savanna, riparian forest, marsh, several types of seasonal vernal pools, and large lakes such as now-dry Tulare Lake (which was the largest freshwater lake in the United ...
The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
Grassy woodlands surrounded much of the continent's central tallgrass prairie and shortgrass prairie. Fire also swept the Rocky Mountains aspen as frequently as every ten years, creating large areas of parkland. [1] In the far southwest was California oak woodland and Ponderosa Pine savanna, while further north was the Oregon White Oak savanna.
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign. ... Habitat destruction, pesticides and ...
This directly impacts the habitat of these species, and many signature fen species disappear. [4] Fens are also threatened by invasive species, fragmentation, peat cutting, and pollution. [5] Non-native invasive species, such as the common buckthorn in North America, can invade fens and outcompete rare fen species, reducing biodiversity. [5]