The species lists below include all of the state listed wildlife and plants in California broken down by protected status. Species with multiple designations will have a “-” after the latin name and a series of letters that describes all of the designations. The “key” is as follows:

FE = Federal Endangered          FT = Federal Threatened

SE = State Endangered              ST = State Threatened

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State Listed Species

Invertebrates

State Endangered (2 species)

• Shasta crayfish (Pacifastacus fortis) – FE, SE
• California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) – FE, SE

State Threatened (1 species)

• Trinity bristle snail (Monadenia infumata setosa)

Fishes

State Endangered (15 species)

• Mohave tui chub (Siphateles bicolor mohavensis) – FE, SE, FP
• Owens tui chub (Siphateles bicolor snyderi) – FE, SE
• Bonytail (Gila elegans) – FE, SE
• Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) – FE, SE, FP
• Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps) – SE, FP
• Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) – FE, SE, FP
• Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) – FE, SE, FP
• Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) – FE, SE, FP
• Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) – FT, SE
• Coho salmon – south of Punta Gorda (Oncorhynchus kisutch) – FE, SE
• Chinook salmon – winter-run (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) – FE, SE
• Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) – FT, SE
• Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) – FE, SE
• Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosus) – FE, SE, FP
• Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) – FE, SE, FP

State Threatened (6 species)

• Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi)
• Longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys)
• Coho salmon – Punta Gorda to the N. border of California (Oncorhynchus kisutch) – FT, ST
• Chinook salmon – spring-run (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) – FT, ST
• Cottonball Marsh pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus milleri)
• Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus) – ST, FP

Amphibians

State Endangered (3 species)

• Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) – FE, SE, FP
• Desert slender salamander (Batrachoseps major aridus) – FE, SE
• Southern mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) – FE, SE

State Threatened (9 species)

• California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) – FE, FT, ST
• Siskiyou Mountains salamander (Plethodon stormi)
• Scott Bar salamander (Plethodon asupak)
• Tehachapi slender salamander (Batrachoseps stebbinsi)
• Kern Canyon slender salamander (Batrachoseps simatus)
• Shasta salamander (Hydromantes shastae)
• Limestone salamander (Hydromantes brunus) – ST, FP
• Black toad (Anaxyrus exsul) – ST, FP
• Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) – FE, ST

Reptiles

State Endangered (3 species)

• Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata) – FT, SE
• Blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia silus) – FE, SE, FP
• San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) – FE, SE, FP

State Threatened (5 species)

• Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) – FT, ST
• Barefoot banded gecko (Coleonyx switaki)
• Southern rubber boa (Charina bottae umbratica)
• Alameda striped racer (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus) – FT, ST
• Giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) – FT, ST

Birds

State Endangered (16 species)

• California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) – FE, SE
• Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) – SE, FP
• California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) – FE, SE, FP
• Light-footed Ridgway’s rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) – FE, SE, FP
• California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) – FE, SE, FP
• Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) – FT, SE
• Elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
• Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa)
• Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
• Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
• Willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
• Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) – FE, SE
• Arizona Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii arizonae)
• Least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) – FE, SE
• Inyo California towhee (Melozone crissalis eremophilus) – FT, SE
• Belding’s savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi)

State Threatened (8 species)

• Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
• California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) – ST, FP
• Yuma Ridgway’s rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) – FE, ST, FP
• Greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida) – ST, FP
• Scripps’s murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
• Guadalupe murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
• Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) – FT, ST
• Bank swallow (Riparia riparia)

State Candidate

• Tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) – SC, SSC

Mammals

State Endangered (8 species)

• Morro Bay kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis) – FE, SE, FP
• Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) – FE, SE
• Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) – FE, SE
• Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis) – FE, SE
• Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) – FE, SE
• Salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) – FE, SE, FP
• Riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) – FE, SE
• Gray wolf (Canis lupus) – FE, SE (proposed for federal delisting)

State Threatened (11 species)

• Nelson’s antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)
• Mohave ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis)
• Stephens’ kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) – FE, ST
• San Miguel Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis littoralis)
• Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) – FT, ST
• Santa Cruz Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae)
• Santa Rosa Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis santarosae)
• San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) – FE, ST
• Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator)
• Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi) – FT, ST, FP
• North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) – ST, FP

State Candidate (2 species)

• Humboldt Marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) – SC, SSC
• Fisher – west coast DPS (Pekania pennanti) – SC, SSC proposed federal threatened

Plants

State Endangered (133 species)

• San Mateo thorn‐mint (Acanthomintha duttonii) – FE, SE
• San Diego thorn‐mint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia) – FT, SE
• San Clemente Island bird’s-foot trefoil (Acmispon argophyllus var. adsurgens)
• Santa Cruz Island bird’s-foot trefoil (Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus)
• San Clemente Island lotus (Acmispon dendroideus var. traskiae) – FT, SE
• large-flowered fiddleneck (Amsinckia grandiflora) – FE, SE
• Mcdonald’s rockcress (Arabis mcdonaldiana) – FE, SE
• Vine Hill manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora)
• Hearsts’ manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hearstiorum)
• San Bruno Mountain manzanita (Arctostaphylos imbricata)
• Presidio manzanita (Arctostaphylos montana ssp. ravenii) – FE, SE
• Pacific manzanita (Arctostaphylos pacifica)
• pallid manzanita (Arctostaphylos pacifica) – FT, SE
• marsh sandwort (Arenaria paludicola) – FE, SE
• Humboldt milk-vetch (Astragalus agnicidus)
• Sodaville milk-vetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis)
• Peirson’s milk-vetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii) – FT, SE
• Ventura Marsh milk-vetch (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus) – FE, SE
• coastal dunes milk-vetch (Astragalus tener var. titi) – FE, SE
• Bakersfield smallscale (Atriplex tularensis)
• Encinitas baccharis (Baccharis vanessae) – FT, SE
• Nevin’s barberry (Berberis nevinii) – FE, SE
• island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis) – FE, SE
• Sonoma sunshine (Blennosperma bakeri) – FE, SE
• thread-leaved brodiaea (Brodiaea filifolia) – FT, SE
• Kaweah brodiaea (Brodiaea insignis)
• Chinese Camp brodiaea (Brodiaea pallida) – FT, SE
• Indian Valley brodiaea (Brodiaea rosea)
• Stebbins’ morning-glory (Calystegia stebbinsii) – FE, SE
• white sedge (Carex albida) – FE, SE
• succulent owl’s-clover (Castilleja campestris var. succulenta) – FT, SE
• San Clemente Island paintbrush (Castilleja grisea) – FT, SE
• Pitkin Marsh paintbrush (Castilleja uliginosa)
• California jewelflower (Caulanthus californicus) – FE, SE
• Vail Lake ceanothus (Ceanothus ophiochilus) – FT, SE
• Catalina Island mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus traskiae) – FE, SE
• salt marsh bird’s-beak (Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum) – FE, SE
• palmate salty bird’s-beak (Chloropyron palmatum) – FE, SE
• Orcutt’s spineflower (Chorizanthe orcuttiana) – FE, SE
• San Fernando Valley spineflower (Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina) – SE, proposed FT
• Sonoma spineflower (Chorizanthe valida) – FE, SE
• Ashland thistle (Cirsium ciliolatum)
• Crystal Springs fountain thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. fontinale) – FE, SE
• San Luis Obispo fountain thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense) – FE, SE
• Presidio clarkia (Presidio clarkia) – FE, SE
• Vine Hill clarkia (Clarkia imbricata) – FE, SE
• Merced clarkia (Clarkia lingulata)
• Springville clarkia (Clarkia springvillensis) – FT, SE
• seaside bird’s-beak (Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis)
• Otay tarplant (Deinandra conjugens) – FT, SE
• Gaviota tarplant (Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa) – FE, SE
• Mojave tarplant (Deinandra mohavensis)
• Baker’s larkspur (Delphinium bakeri) – FE, SE
• San Clemente Island larkspur (Delphinium variegatum ssp. kinkiense) – FE, SE
• slender-horned spineflower (Dodecahema leptoceras) – FE, SE
• Cuyamaca Lake downingia (Downingia concolor var. brevior)
• short-leaved dudleya (Dudleya brevifolia)
• Santa Barbara Island dudleya (Dudleya traskiae) – FE, SE
• Santa Ana River woollystar (Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum) – FE, SE
• Indian Knowb mountainbalm (Eriodictyon altissimum) – FE, SE
• Trinity buckwheat (Eriogonum alpinum)
• lone buckwheat (Eriogonum apricum var. apricum) – FE, SE
• Irish Hill buckwheat (Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum) – FE, SE
• San Nicolas Island buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. timorum)
• Kellogg’s buckwheat (Eriogonum kelloggii)
• Thorne’s buckwheat (Eriogonum thornei)
• San Mateo woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum latilobum) – FE, SE
• San Diego button-celery (Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii) – FE, SE
• Loch Lonond button-celery (Eryngium constancei) – FE, SE
• Delta button-celery (Eryngium racemosum)
• Contra Costa wallflower (Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum) – FE, SE
• Menzies’ wallflower (Erysimum menziesii) – FE, SE
• Santa Cruz wallflower (Erysimum teretifolium) – FE, SE
• Roderick’s fritillary (Fritillaria roderickii)
• San Clemente Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense ssp. acrispum)
• Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop (Gratiola heterosepala)
• Algondones Dunes sunflower (Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes)
• Santa Cruz cypress (Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. abramsiana) – FT, SE
• Butano Ridge cypress (Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. butanoensis) – FT, SE
• Lake County western flax (Hesperolinon didymocarpum)
• Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia) – FT, SE
• Burke’s goldfields (Lasthenia burkei) – FE, SE
• beach layia (Layia carnosa) – FE, SE
• San Francisco lessingia (Lessingia germanorum) – FE, SE
• western lily (Lilium occidentale) – FE, SE
• Pitkin Marsh lily (Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense) – FE, SE
• Parish’s meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba ssp. parishii)
• Point Reyes meadowfoam (Limnanthes douglasii ssp. sulphurea)
• Butte County meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica) – FE, SE
• Sebastopol meadowfoam (Limnanthes vinculans) – FE, SE
• San Clemente Island woodland star (Lithophragma maximum) – FE, SE
• Nipomo Mesa lupine (Lupinus nipomensis) – FE, SE
• Tidestrom’s lupine (Lupinus tidestromii) – FE, SE
• San Clemente Island bush-mallow (Malacothamnus clementinus) – FE, SE
• Santa Cruz Island bush-mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus) – FE, SE
• willowy monardella (Monardella viminea) – FE, SE
• many-flowered navarretia (Navarretia leucocephala ssp. plieantha) – FE, SE
• Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana) – FT, SE
• Amargosa nitrophila (Amargosa nitrophila) – FE, SE
• Dehesa nolina (Nolina interrata)
• Antioch Dunes evening-primrose (Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii) – FE, SE
• Bakersfield cactus (Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei) – FE, SE
• California Orcutt grass (Orcuttia californica) – FE, SE
• San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass (Orcuttia inaequalis) – FT, SE
• hairy Orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa) – FE, SE
• slender Orcutt grass (Orcuttia tenuis) – FT, SE
• Sacramento Orcutt grass (Orcuttia viscida) – FE, SE
• Baja California birdbush (Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia)
• Geysers panicum (Panicum acuminatum var. thermale)
• white-rayed pentachaeta (Pentachaeta bellidiflora) – FE, SE
• Lyon’s pentachaeta (Pentachaeta lyonii) – FE, SE
• Yreka phlox (Phlox hirsuta) – FE, SE
• San Francisco popcornflower (Plagiobothrys diffusus)
• Napa blue grass (Poa napensis) – FE, SE
• San Diego mesa mint (Pogogyne abramsii) – FE, SE
• Santa Lucia mint (Pogogyne clareana)
• Otay Mesa mint (Pogogyne nudiuscula) – FE, SE
• Scotts Valley polygonum (Polygonum hickmanii) – FE, SE
• Hickman’s cinquefoil (Potentilla hickmanii) – FE, SE
• Harweg’s golden sunburst (Pseudobahia bahiifolia) – FE, SE
• San Joaquin adobe sunburst (Pseudobahia peirsonii) – FT, SE
• Tahoe yellow cress (Rorippa subumbellata)
• small-leaved rose (Rosa minutifolia)
• Lake County stonecrop (Sedella leiocarpa) – FE, SE
• Owens Valley checkerbloom (Sidalcea covillei)
• Kenwood Marsh checkerbloom (Sidalcea oregana ssp. valida) – FE, SE
• bird-foot checkerbloom (Sidalcea pedata) – FE, SE
• Scadden Flat checkerbloom (Sidalcea stipularis)
• Red Mountain catchfly (Silene campanulata ssp. campanulata)
• Tiburon jewelflower (Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. niger) – FE, SE
• slender-petaled thelypodium (Thelypodium stenopetalum) – FE, SE
• Monterey clover (Trifolium trichocalyx) – FE, SE
• Crampton’s tuctoria or Solano grass (Tuctoria mucronata) – FE, SE

State Threatened (24 species)

• Munz’s onion (Allium munzii) – FE, ST
• Baker’s manzanita (Arctostaphylos bakeri ssp. bakeri)
• The Cedars manzanita (Arctostaphylos bakeri ssp. sublaevis)
• Clara Hunt’s milk-vetch (Astragalus claranus) – FE, ST
• Tiburon mariposa-lily (Calochortus tiburonensis) – FT, ST
• tree-anemone (Carpenteria californica)
• Tiburon paintbrush (Castilleja affinis var. neglecta) – FE, ST
• Howell’s spineflower (Chorizanthe howellii) – FE, ST
• surf thistle (Cirsium rhothophilum)
• La Graciosa thistle (Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis) – FE, ST
• beach spectaclepod (Dithyrea maritima)
• Laguna Beach dudleya (Dudleya stolonifera) – FT, ST
• striped adobe-lily (Fritillaria striata)
• Monterey gilia (Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria) – FE, ST
• Orcutt’s hazardia (Hazardia orcuttii)
• Marin western flax (Hesperolinon congestum) – FT, ST
• Mariposa lupine (Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus)
• Milo Baker’s lupine (Lupinus milo‐bakeri)
• Gambel’s water cress (Nasturtium gambelii) – FE, ST
• few-flowered navarretia (Navarretia leucocephala ssp. pauciflora) – FE, ST
• Calistoga popcornflower (Plagiobothrys strictus) – FE, ST
• North Coast semaphore grass (Pleuropogon hooverianus)
• Red Hills vervain (Verbena californica) – FT, ST
• big-leaved crownbeard (Verbesina dissita) – FT, ST

State Rare (61 species)

• Yosemite onion (Allium yosemitense)
• Long Valley milk-vetch (Astragalus johannis‐howellii)
• Mono milk-vetch (Astragalus monoensis)
• Trask’s milk-vetch (Astragalus traskiae)
• bensoniella (Bensoniella oregona)
• Point Reyes blennosperma (Blennosperma nanum var. robustum)
• dwarf goldenstar (Bloomeria humilis)
• leafy reed grass (Calamagrostis foliosa)
• Dunn’s mariposa-lily (Calochortus dunnii)
• Siskiyou mariposa-lily (Calochortus persistens)
• Tompkins’ sedge (Carex tompkinsii)
• Mt. Gleason paintbrush (Castilleja gleasoni)
• Hearsts’ ceanothus (Ceanothus hearstiorum)
• maritime ceanothus (Ceanothus maritimus)
• Mason’s ceanothus (Ceanothus masonii)
• Pine Hill ceanothus (Ceanothus roderickii) – FE, SR
• Camatta Canyon amole (Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum) – FT, SR
• soft salty bird’s-beak (Chloropyron maritimum ssp. molle) – FE, SR
• Pismo clarkia (Clarkia speciosa ssp. immaculata) – FE, SR
• Mt. Diablo bird’s-beak (Cordylanthus nidularius)
• Pennell’s bird’s-beak (Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris) – FE, SR
• Wiggins’ croton (Croton wigginsii)
• bristlecone cryptantha (Cryptantha roosiorum)
• July gold (Dedeckera eurekensis)
• Red Rock tarplant (Deinandra arida)
• Santa Susana tarplant (Deinandra minthornii)
• Cuyamaca larkspur (Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae)
• golden larkspur (Delphinium luteum) – FE, SR
• Mount Laguna aster (Dieteria asteroides var. lagunensis)
• marcescent dudleya (Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens) – FT, SR
• Santa Cruz Island dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica) – FT, SR
• Tracy’s eriastrum (Eriastrum tracyi)
• Lompoc yerba santa (Eriodictyon capitatum) – FE, SR
• Butterworth’s buckwheat (Eriogonum butterworthianum)
• conejo buckwheat (Eriogonum crocatum)
• Santa Barbara Island buckwheat (Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum)
• Twisselmann’s buckwheat (Eriogonum twisselmannii)
• Congdon’s woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum congdonii)
• Pine Hill flannelbush (Fremontodendron decumbens) – FE, SR
• Mexican flannelbush (Fremontodendron mexicanum) – FE, SR
• Borrego bedstraw (Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense)
• box bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) – FE, SR
• El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae) – FE, SR
• rock lady (Holmgrenanthe petrophila)
• Tahquitz ivesia (Ivesia callida)
• Congdon’s lewisia (Lewisia congdonii)
• Mason’s lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis masonii)
• Baker’s meadowfoam (Limnanthes bakeri)
• Father Crowley’s lupine (Lupinus padre‐crowleyi)
• Twisselmann’s nemacladus (Nemacladus twisselmannii)
• Eureka Dunes evening-primrose (Oenothera californica ssp. eurekensis) – FE, SR
• Gander’s ragwort (Packera ganderi)
• Layne’s ragwort (Packera layneae) – FT, SR
• Dudley’s lousewort (Pedicularis dudleyi)
• adobe sanicle (Sanicula maritima)
• rock sanicle (Sanicula saxatilis)
• Cuesta Pass checkerbloom (Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. anomala)
• Parish’s checkerbloom (Sidalcea hickmanii ssp. parishii)
• Eureka Valley dune grass (Swallenia alexandrae) – FE, SR
• Santa Ynez false lupine (Thermopsis macrophylla)
• Pacific Grove clover (Trifolium polyodon)

State Candidate (3 species)

• Livermore tarplant (Deinandra bacigalupii)
• coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus)
• The Lassics lupine (Lupinus constancei)