Plants & Wildlife

Plants & Wildlife Reported at Whitecap 

ForeDunes Environmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESHA)

 

As a biodiverse island, Whitecap Foredunes is home to many plant and wildlife species that live here year round including Phacelia Ramosissima, Red Sand Verbena, Legless Lizards, Horned Toads, humming birds, warblers, Black Phoebes and also home to migratory birds such as the Long Billed Curlew, American Kestrels, and the Great Blue Heron.

 

 

Local Endangered Coastal Natives Reported at Whitecap ForeDunes (ESHA)

Phacelia ramosissima (var. austrolitoralis - south coast branching phacelia)

California prickly pear (cylindropuntia californica)

Abronia maritima (red sand verbena)

 

 

Local Endangered Coastal Natives Reported Within 1 Mile of Whitecap ForeDunes (ESHA)

 

Davidsons salt scale (atriplex serenana var. davidsonii)

Rank 1B2

Seen in a vacant lot on NW side of Ventura road and vineyard Ave

 

Abronia maritima (red sand verbena)

Rank 4.2 

Seen in Oxnard north of west 5th and Mandalay

 

Astragalus pycnostachyus (var. lanosissimus, Ventura marsh milk vetch) 

Rank 1B.1

Seen NE corner of 5th and Harbor and across the street from the entrance to McGrath state beach.

 

Orcutt’s yellow chaenactis (chaenactis glabriuscula var. orcuttiana) Rank 1.B1 

Seen at McGrath state beach dune fields landward of McGrath lake

 

Salt marsh birds beak (chloropyron maritimum) 

Rank 1B2 

Seen at Ormond generating plant, North side of vacant area.  

 

California prickly pear (cylindropuntia californica) 

Rank 1B.1 

Seen at McGrath state beach dunes south of mouth of river. 200-300 meters from ocean.

 

Sessileflower false golden aster (heterotheca sessiliflora) 

Rank 1B.1

Seen in Oxnard north of west 5th and Mandalay

 

Coulter goldfields (lasthenia glabrata) 

Rank 1B.1 

Seen at Ormond beach

 

Phacelia ramosissima (var. austrolitoralis - south coast branching phacelia) 

Rank 3.2 

Seen near Mandalay power station.  East of Harbor and SE corner of 5th and Harbor.

 

Seablite (suaeda taxifolia) 

Rank 4.2 

Seen near Mandalay power station. East side of Harbor