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aboriginal burning
Accipiter
cooperii
striatus
Accipitridae
Achnatherum
acorns
Adenostoma
fasciculatum
sparsifolium
Aegithalidae
Aesculus californica
Agavaceae
Ailanthus altissima
air temperatures
animal responses to
Aliatypus
alligator lizards
Northern Alligator Lizard
Southern Alligator Lizard
amphibians
Anacardiaceae
Anguidae
animals
convergence
fire cycle and
fire seasonality and
microclimates and
as seed dispersers
Anna's Hummingbird
annuals
introduced grasses
See also fire annuals
Anthophoridae
Antirrhinum
coulterianum
kelloggii
multiflorum
antlions
ants
carpenter ants
chaparral structure and
as Coast Horned Lizard prey
harvester ants
introduced species
Red-haired Velvet Ant
White Velvet Ant
Anura
Anuroctonus phaiodactylus
Aphelocoma californica
Aphonopelma
eutylenum
Apis
arachnids
scorpions
tarantulas
ticks
trap door spiders
Araneae
Arctostaphylos
andersonii
as animal food source
associated plants
columbiana
densiflora
edmundsii
glandulosa
glauca
hookeri
hookeri subsp. ravenii
morroensis
otayensis
pajaroensis
patula
pungens
purissima
refugioensis
tomentosa
uva-ursi
viscida
Argemone munita
Argentine Ant
arroyo lupine
Artiodactyla
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Asteraceae
Astragalus
Australian heath
Avena
baby blue eyes
Baccharis pilularis
backfires
Baja California birdbush
Baja California chaparral
fire and fire suppression
barrel cacti
bats
bearberry
beardtongues
bears
Black Bear
Grizzly Bear
beavertail cactus
bees
carpenter bees
honeybees
solitary bees
beetles
darkling beetles
fire beetles
fungus-feeding beetles (crypto-phages)
rain beetles
Yucca Longhorn
Bel Air fire
Berkeley Hills fire
Bewick's Wren
big-berry manzanita
bigcone Douglas fir
Big-eared Wood Rat
Bighorn Sheep
bigpod ceanothus
binomial nomenclature
birdbush, Baja California
birds
fire and
food preferences
predators
Black Bear
black mustards
black sage
Black Yucca Weevil
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-tailed Deer
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
blue dicks
Blue Jay, blue oak
Bobcat
Bolander's monkey flower
bot flies
Bothriocyrtum californium
Bovidae
Brassica
Brewer oak
bromegrasses
Bromus
broom, California. See deerweed
broom, French
broom, Scotch
broom, Spanish
Brush Mouse
Brush Rabbit
Bubo virginianus
buck brush
buckeye, California
buckthorn family
buckwheats
California buckwheat
Bufo boreas
Bufonidae
bunchgrasses
burls
Burrowing Scorpion
bush chinquapin
bush mallows
bush poppy
bush rue
Bushtit
Buteo jamaicensis
butterflies
cacti (Cactaceae)
barrel cacti
beavertail cactus
chollas
fish-hook cacti
prickly pears
Cactus Mouse
California black oak
California broom. See deerweed
California buckeye
California buckwheat
California Carpenter Bee
California coffeeberry
as animal food source
as animal habitat
California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection Fire Hazard Zoning
Field Guide, California fuchsia
California Ground Squirrel
California holly. See toyon
California Kangaroo Rat
California lilac. See ceanothus
California Mouse
California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)
California Pocket Mouse
California poppy
California Quail
California sagebrush
California scrub oak
California Tarantula
California Thrasher
California Towhee
California Whipsnake
chaparral habitat fidelity
Callipepla californica
Calochortus
amabilis
excavatus
simulans
splendens
tiburonensis
umbellatus
weedii
Calypte anna
Camponotus
Canidae
Canis latrans
canopy
canyon flies
canyon live oak
carnivorous mammals
carpenter ants
carpenter bees
California Carpenter Bee
Carpodacus mexicanus
Castilleja
Catalina cherry
Catalina crossosoma
caterpillar phacelia
caterpillars
ceanothus
adaptability and diversity
associated plants
bigpod ceanothus
buck brush
chaparral white thorn
coast white thorn
Coyote Valley California lilac
as deer food source
endemism
fire and
flowering
fruits and seeds
for gardens
hoaryleaf ceanothus
hybridization
leaves and leaf stipules
longevity
longitudinal bark fissioning
nitrogen fixation
Pine Hill ceanothus
rare/threatened species
roots and burls
sprouting vs. nonsprouting types
stem death
tobacco brush
wavyleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus
crassifolius
cuneatus
ferrisae
foliosus
incanus
leucodermis
roderickii
tomentosus
velutinus
Ceanothus (subgenus)
ceanothus chaparral
Ceanothus Silk Moth
Cedar fire
Centaurea
centipedes
Cerambycidae
Cerastes,
Cercocarpus
betuloides
ledifolius
minutiflorus
Certhiidae
Cervidae
Chaetodipus californicus
Chamaea fasciata
chamise
associated plants
beetles attracted to
burls and root system
exposure preferences
fire frequency and
fire recovery
chamise chaparral
Channel Island tree poppy
Channel Islands
chaparral
basic characteristics
vs. coastal sage scrub
composition
distribution/extent
intrinsic value
structure
subclassifications
threats to
watershed function
word derivation
chaparral broom (coyote brush)
chaparral currant
chaparral plants
chaparral snake. See California
Whipsnake
chaparral sweet peas
chaparral white thorn
chaparral yucca
insect interactions
cherries
Catalina cherry
holly-leafed cherry
chilcalote (prickly poppy)
Chilean matorral
chinquapin, bush
chipmunks
Merriam's Chipmunk
Obscure Chipmunk
Sonoma Chipmunk
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
chollas
valley cholla
Christmas berry. See toyon
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Cistus
classification
Claytonia perfoliata
Clematis
climate. See climate change; mediterranean climate; weather
climate change
CNDDB (California Natural Diversity Database)
Cnemidophorus tigris
Cneridium dumosum
Coast Horned Lizard
coast live oak
coast prickly pear
coast white thorn
coastal sage scrub
cocoons
coffeeberry. See California coffeeberry
Colaptes auratus
Coleoptera
Colubridae
Columbia manzanita
Comarostphylis diversifolia
common names
conifers
Contopus cooperi
The Control of Nature (McPhee)
convergence
Cooper's Hawk
Corvidae
cotton family
Cougar. See Mountain Lion Coulter pine
Coulter's matilija poppy
Coulter's snapdragon
cow-killer ants. See velvet
ants Coyote
food preferences
habitats
coyote brush
Coyote Valley California lilac
cream cups
Cricetidae
Crossosoma californicum
Crotalus
exsul
viridis
cryptophages (Cryptophagidae)
Ctenizidae
cucumbers, wild
Cucurbitaceae
Cupressus
arizonica nevadensis
forbesii
macnabiana
sargentii
stephensonii
Curculionidae
currants
chaparral currant
golden currant
Cuterebra
Cuterebridae
Cuyamaca cypress
Cyanocitta cristata
Cynipidae
cypresses
Cuyamaca cypress
McNab cypress
Piute cypress
Sargent cypress
Tecate cypress
Cytisus scoparius
Dallman, Peter R.
Dana, Richard Henry
darkling beetles
Dasymutilla
coccineohirta
sackeni
death camas
smallflower death camas
debris basins
debris flows
La Crescenta floods
deer
Black-tailed Deer
fire and,
See also Mule Deer
Deer Mouse
deerweed
Delzura Kangaroo Rat
Dendromecon
harfordii
rigida
desert chaparral
Desert Cottontail
desert mountain mahogany
Desert Wood Rat
devil ants. See velvet
ants devil winds. See Diablo winds
Diablo winds
Dicentra
chrysantha
ochroleuca
Dichelostemma capitatum
Diogenes' lantern
Dipodidae
Dipodomys
agilis
californicus
heermanni
simulans
venustus
Diptera
doodle bugs. See antlions
Douglas fir, bigcone
drought
drought-deciduousness
drought-tolerant landscaping
Dusky-footed Wood Rat
Dutchmen's breeches
easterly winds
Eastwood manzanita
edible plants
El Nino
Eleodes
The Elfin Forest (Fultz)
Elgaria
coeruleus
multicarinata
Embarezidae
Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora
endemism
ceanothus
Channel Islands
mammals
manzanitas
Engelmann oak
Ensatina eschscholtzi
Ensatina Salamander
Epilobium canum
Ericaceae
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriophyllum
confertiflorum
lanatum
Erodium
erosion control, seeding of burns for
Eschscholzia californica
everlastings
Fabaceae
Fagaceae
Falconiformes
Fannia
fauna. See animals
Felidae
Ferrocactus
figwort family
filarees
finches
House Finch
fire
aboriginal burning
animal responses to
animal/insect survival
climate change and
destructiveness of modern fires
early descriptions
fire cycle
fire pattern changes over time
fire regime
fire-fanning winds
floods/mudslides and
frequency
fuel management/fuel breaks
geographic risk factors
ignition sources
intensity
microclimatic changes due to
plant responses to
prescribed burning
seasonality
seeding of burned areas
spatial patterns and spreading
urbanization and
fire annuals
impact of introduced weeds
Fire Ant
fire beetles
fire cycle
Fire Hazard Zoning Field Guide (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)
fire poppy
fire regime
fire safety
fire suppression
firefighting
firestorms
fish-hook cacti
flannel bush
flash floods
See also floods
Flea, Giant
flies
bot flies
canyon flies
floodplains
floods
fire-related
La Crescenta floods
Flycatcher, Olive-sided
foehn winds
foxes
Gray Fox
fremontia
Fremontodendron
californicum
mexicanum
Fremont's star lily
French broom
frogs
frost
fuchsia, California
fuchsia-flowered gooseberry
fuel management, fuel breaks
Fultz, Francis M.
fungus-feeding beetles
fynbos
gall wasps
garrigue
Garrya
Genista monspessulana
Giant Flea
globe mallows
Gnaphalium
goats
gold cup oak
golden yarrow
gooseberry, fuchsia-flowered
Gopher Snake
grasses
introduced invasives
native
seeding of fuel breaks and burns
Gray Fox
gray pine
Great-horned Owl
greenleaf manzanita
Grizzly Bear
Guatay Summit
habitat fidelity
hard-to-wet soil
hares
Black-tailed Hare
See also rabbits and hares
Harvest Mouse
harvester ants
chaparral structure and
as Coast Horned Lizard prey
hawks
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
heath
heath family
Heermann's Kangaroo Rat
herbaceous plants
fire response
introduced weeds
See also fire annuals; subshrubs
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Heteromyidae
hoaryleaf ceanothus
holly, California. See toyon
holly, summer
holly-leaf redberry
holly-leafed cherry
honeybees
Hooker's manzanita
Horny Toad. See Coast
Horned Lizard House Finch
House Mouse
huckleberry oak
human interactions
aboriginal burning
chaparral structure/composition and
fire safety issues
fire suppression
human-caused accidental fires
prescribed burning
See also urbanization
hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
humus
hunter's disease
Huxley, Aldous
Hyalophora euryalus
hybridization
beardtongues
ceanothus
manzanitas
monkey flowers
oaks
Hydrophyllaceae
Hymenoptera
Hystrichopsylla dippieei
Hystrichopsyllidae
Indian paint brushes
Indians
intentional burning by
plants used by
insects
as bird food
fire and
food plants
as pollinators
intentional burning
aboriginal burning
interior live oak
invasive species
ants
plants
Inyo County star-tulip
island chaparral
island redberry
Italian ryegrass
Jackrabbit, Black-tailed
jays
Blue Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
jerboas
Joaquin de Arrillaga, José
kangaroo rats,-
California Kangaroo Rat
Delzura Kangaroo Rat
fire and
Heermann's Kangaroo Rat
Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
Pacific Kangaroo Rat
as rattlesnake prey,
Keeley, Jon
Kellogg's snapdragon
knobcone pine
La Crescenta floods
La Purisima manzanita
Lacertilia
Lagomorpha
Laguna fire
Lamiaceae
Lathyrus
laurel sumac
resprouting capability
leather oak
legume family
lemonadeberry
Lepidoptera
Leporidae
Lepus californicus
light blue phacelia
lightning strikes
Liliaceae
lilies
Mariposa lilies
star lilies (death camas)
See also lily family
lily family
Linepithema humile
Little Sur manzanita
live oaks
canyon live oak
coast live oak
interior live oak
Living Desert
lizards
alligator lizards
Coast Horned Lizard
Sagebrush Lizard
Side-blotched Lizard
Western Fence Lizard
Western Whiptail
loco weeds
Lolium
multiflorum
Lone Pine Canyon
long-horned beetles
Yucca Longhorn
Longinos Martinez, José
Los Angeles flood
1938 flood,
rainfall
Lotus
scoparius
lupines
arroyo lupine
stinging lupine
Lupinus
hirsutissimus
succulentus
Lyme disease
Lynx rufus
madrone (madroño)
Malacothamnus
densiflorus
fasciculatus
Malibu fire
mallows
bush mallows
globe mallows
Malosma
laurina
Malvaceae
mammals
Mammillaria
man-roots. See wild cucumbers
many-flowered snapdragon
manzanita chaparral
manzanitas
as animal food source
associated plants
bearberry
big-berry manzanita
Columbia manzanita
deer avoidance
diversity
Eastwood manzanita
endemism
fire and
flowering
fruits and seeds
for gardens
greenleaf manzanita
Hooker's manzanita
hybridization
La Purisima manzanita
leaves
Little Sur manzanita
longevity
Mexican manzanita
mission manzanita
Morro manzanita
Otay manzanita
Pajaro manzanita
rare/threatened species
Refugio manzanita
roots and burls
Santa Cruz manzanita
shaggy bark manzanita
sprouting vs. nonsprouting types
stem death
sticky manzanita
Vine Hill manzanita
maquis
Marah
Marble Cone fire
Mariposa lilies
Diogenes' lantern
Inyo County star-tulip
Oakland star-tulip
San Luis Obispo Mariposa lily
splendid Mariposa lily
Tiburon Mariposa lily
Weed's Mariposa lily
Masticophis lateralis
Matilija fire
matilija poppy, Coulter's
matorral
McNab cypress
McPhee, John
mediterranean climate
animal responses to
basic factors/characteristics
global distribution
landscaping for
microclimates
rainfall
shrub adaptations to
species convergence and adaptations
temperatures
winds
Melanophila
Mephitis mephitis
Merriam's Chipmunk
Mexican chaparral. See Baja California chaparral
Mexican manzanita
mice
Brush Mouse
Cactus Mouse
California Mouse
California Pocket Mouse
Deer Mouse
Harvest Mouse
House Mouse
Pinyon Mouse
white-footed
microclimates
Mimidae
Mimulus
aurantiacus
bolanderi
brevipes
viscidus
Mimus polyglottos
miner's lettuce
Minnich, Richard
mission manzanita
Mockingbird
monkey flowers
Bolander's monkey flower
short-lobed monkey flower
sticky monkey flower
Morro manzanita
moths
Ceanothus Silk Moth
Yucca Moth
Mount Diablo
mountain chaparral
Mountain Lion
mountain mahogany
desert mountain mahogany
small-flowered mountain mahogany
mudslides
La Crescenta floods
Mule Deer
fire and
food preferences
Muller's oak
Muridae
Mus musculus
Muscidae
mustards
Mutillidae
Myrmeleon
Myrmeleontidae
Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
native Californians. See Indians
NDDB (Natural Diversity Database)
Nemophila
heterophylla
menziesii
Neotoma
fuscipes
lepida
macrotis
Nerium oleander
Neuroptera
nitrogen fixation
nomenclature
North Coast chaparral
Northern Alligator Lizard
Northern Flicker
oak family
oak galls
Oakland Hills fire
Oakland star-tulip
oaks
associated plants
See also Quercus; scrub oaks; tree oaks
oats, wild
Obscure Chipmunk
Odocoileus
hemionus
hemionus subsp. californica
hemionus subsp. columbiana
hemionus subsp. fuliginata
Odontophoridae
Ojai Valley
oleanders
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Opuntia
basilaris
littoralis
parryi
Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia
Orthocarpus
Otay manzanita
Otus kennecottii
Our Lord's candle. See chaparral yucca
Ovis canadensis
owls
Great-horned Owl
Western Screech
Owl owl's clovers
Pacific High
Pacific Kangaroo Rat
Pajaro manzanita
Papaver californicum
Papaveraceae
Parasitic Mouse. See California Mouse
Parry's phacelia
Passeriformes
Penstemon
centranthifolius
spectabilis
penstemons
spectacular penstemon
Pepsis
perching birds
Peromyscus
boylii
californicus
eremicus
maniculatus
truei
Phacelia
brachyloba
cicutaria
grandiflora
heterophylla
parryi
suaveolens
phacelias
caterpillar phacelia
light blue phacelia
Parry's phacelia
sweet-scented phacelia
yellow-throated phacelia
Pheuciticus melanocephalus
Phrynosoma coronatum
Phrynosomatidae
Pine Hill ceanothus
pines
Coulter pine
gray pine
knobcone pine
Pinnacles National Monument
Pinus
attenuata
coulteri
sabiniana
Pinyon Mouse
Pipilo
crissalis
maculatus
Pituophis catenifer
Piute cypress
planning, land use
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates (Dallman)
plant names
Platystemon californicus
Pleocoma
Plethodontidae
pocket gophers
Pogonomyrmex
poison oak
poisonous plants. See toxic plants
pollination
chaparral yucca
monkey flowers
Polygonaceae
Pompilidae
poppies
bush poppy
California poppy
Channel Island tree poppy
Coulter's matilija poppy
fire poppy
prickly poppy
poppy family
precipitation. See rainfall
prescribed burning
prickly pears
coast prickly pear
prickly poppy
Prodoxidae
Prunus
ilicifolia
ilicifolia subsp. lyonii
Psaltriparus minimus
pseudoscorpions
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
public lands, fire safety issues
public policy, fire-related
Puma. See Mountain Lion
Puma concolor
purple sage
pyrophyte endemics. See fire annuals
Quail, California
Quercus
agrifolia
berberidifolia
chrysolepis
cornelius-mulleri
douglasii
durata
engelmannii
garryana var. breweri
john-tuckeri
kelloggii
vaccinifolia
wislizeni var. fructescens
rabbits and hares
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Brush Rabbit
Desert Cottontail
rain beetles
rainfall
See also floods
rare and threatened species
bigcone Douglas fir
Bighorn Sheep
ceanothus
Coast Horned Lizard
manzanitas
summer holly
rats
Roof Rat
See also kangaroo rats; wood rats
rattlesnakes
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Western Rattlesnake
Rattus rattus
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
red shank
redberries
holly-leaf redberry
island redberry
spiny redberry
Red-haired Velvet Ant
Red-tailed Hawk
Refugio manzanita
Reithrodontomys megalotis
reptiles
See also lizards; snakes
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus
californica
crocea
ilicifolia
pirifolia
Rhus
integrifolia
ovata
trilobata
ribbonwood. See red shank
Ribes
aureum
malvaceum
speciosum
Rivera y Moncada, Fernando
Robin
Robinson, Alfred
rock-roses
rodents
Romneya coulteri
Roof Rat
root systems, chaparral shrubs
Rosaceae
rose family
rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
ryegrasses
Sacramento
flood
Sagebrush Lizard
sages
black sage
purple sage
white sage
salamanders, Ensatina Salamander
Salvadora hexalepis
Salvia
apiana
leucophylla
mellifera
San Diego County wildfires
San Gabriel Mountains
Bighorn Sheep
La Crescenta floods
San Luis Obispo Mariposa lily
San Rafael Mountains
Santa Ana winds, 2003 fires
Santa Barbara, 1831 fire
Santa Cruz manzanita
Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Ynez Mountains
Sargent cypress
Saturniidae
scarlet bugler
Sceloporus
graciosus
occidentalis
scientific names
Sciuridae
Sciurus gresius
sclerenchyma
sclerophyllous leaves
scorpions
Burrowing Scorpion
Scotch broom
Scrophulariaceae
scrub oak chaparral
scrub oaks
as bear food source
Brewer oak
California scrub oak
fire recovery
huckleberry oak
interior live oak
leather oak
Muller's oak
oak galls
Tucker's oak
as wood rat habitat
Scyphophorus yuccae
seed dispersal
by ants
by bears
seed germination, fire-stimulated
seed viability, fire and
seedling production/survival
Serpentes
serpentine chaparral
serpentine soils
shaggy bark manzanita
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sheep, Bighorn
short-lobed monkey flower
shrubs
adaptations and characteristics
age of
burls and root systems
canopy
chaparral vs. coastal sage
convergence
fire cycle
fire frequency and
fire seasonality and
introduced species
leaves
microclimatic influences
seed germination
seedling production/survival
spatial fire patterns and
understory
water-holding capacity
See also subshrubs
Sidalcea hickmanii
Side-blotched Lizard
Sierran chaparral
silk tassels
Siphonaptera
skunk brush
skunks
smallflower death camas
small-flowered mountain mahogany
snakes
Gopher Snake
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Western Patch-nosed Snake
Western Rattlesnake
See also California Whipsnake
snapdragon family
snapdragons
Coulter's snapdragon
Kellogg's snapdragon
many-flowered snapdragon
snow
soap plant
soils
fire and
grass seeding to prevent erosion
hard-to-wet soil
nitrogen fixation
serpentine soils
Solenopsis invicta
solitary bees
Sonoma Chipmunk
South African fynbos
Southern Alligator Lizard
Spanish bayonet. See chaparral yucca
Spanish broom
Spanish matorral
Spartium junceum
Species of Special Concern
spectacular penstemon
Spermophilus beecheyi
spiders
tarantulas
trap door spiders
Spilogale putoris
spiny redberry
splendid Mariposa lily
Spotted Towhee
Squamata
squash family
squaw brush. See skunk brush
squirrels
California Ground Squirrel
Western Gray Squirrel
star lilies
Fremont's star lily
star-thistles
star-tulip, Inyo County
star-tulip, Oakland
Steller's Jay
sticky manzanita
sticky monkey flower
stinging lupine
storms
easterly winds and
See also floods; rainfall
Strigiformes
Striped Racer. See California Whipsnake
subshrubs
subspecies
sugar bush
sumac family
summer holly
Sundowner winds
sunflower family
Swallow, Violet-green
sweet-scented phacelia
Sylvilagus
audubonii
bachmani
Tachycineta thalassina
Tamias
merriami
obscurus
sonomae
tarantula hawk wasps
tarantulas
California Tarantula
taxonomic classification
Tecate cypress
Tegeticula maculata
Teiidae
temperatures
air temperatures
fire intensity
Tenebrionidae
tent caterpillars
tetracoccus
Tetracoccus dioicus
Theraphosidae
thrashers
California Thrasher
threatened species. See rare and threatened species
Thryomanes bewickii
Tiburon Mariposa lily
ticks
Timaliidae
Toad, Horny. See Coast Horned Lizard
Toad, Western
tobacco brush
towhees
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
toxic plants
cacti
California buckeye
death camas
poison oak
wild cucumbers
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxostoma redivivum
toyon (California holly)
as animal food source
fire recovery
for gardens
as wood rat habitat
Trade Rat. See wood rats
Tragidion
armatum
trap door spiders
tree oaks
blue oak
California black oak
canyon live oak (gold cup oak)
coast live oak
Engelmann oak
tree of heaven
tree poppy, Channel Island
trees
conifers
fire frequency and
Trochilidae
Tucker's oak
tularemia
Turdus migratorius
Two Years Before the Mast
understory
urbanization
fire and
invasive species spread and
urban-wildland interface
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Ursus
americanus
arctos
Uta stansburiana
valley cholla
Vancouver, George
Vejovidae
velvet ants
Red-haired Velvet Ant
White Velvet Ant
Vine Hill manzanita
Violet-green Swallow
Viperidae
virgin's bowers
wasps
gall wasps
tarantula hawk wasps
velvet ants
water
soil moisture
water loss through leaves
waterleaf family
wavyleaf ceanothus
weather
drought
fire-created
global climate change
prescribed burns and
rainfall
See also mediterranean climate; winds
weeds
Weed's Mariposa lily
Weevil, Black Yucca
Westerly winds
Western Australian heath
Western Fence Lizard
Western Gray Squirrel
Western Patch-nosed Snake
Western Rattlesnake
Western Screech Owl
Western Scrub-Jay
Western Toad
Western Whiptail
whispering bells
white sage
white thorn, chaparral
white thorn, coast
White Velvet Ant
white-footed mice
Brush Mouse
Cactus Mouse
California Mouse
Deer Mouse
Pinyon Mouse
wild cucumbers
wild oats
wildfires. See fire winds
fire patterns and
firestorms
prescribed burns and
wood rats
associated animals
Big-eared Wood Rat
chaparral habitat fidelity
Desert Wood Rat
Dusky-footed Wood Rat
food preferences
as hawk prey
woolly yarrow
Wren, Bewick's
Wrentit
xeriscape landscaping
Xylococcus bicolor
Xylocopa
californica
Xylotrechus
yarrows
golden yarrow
woolly yarrow
yellow-throated phacelia
Yucca Longhorn
Yucca Moth
Yucca whipplei
yuccas
chaparral yucca
Zigadenus
fremontii
micranthus