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Map Satellite This park, which is bisected by Santiago Creek, includes an extensive, designated wilderness area. Three plant communities are found here, an oak woodland, a riparian association and coastal sage scrub. Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, is the dominant cover in the oak woodland. In the riparian growth on the creek flood plain there are sycamore, Platanus racemosa, cottonwood, Populus fremontii, black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa, arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis, and red willow, Salix laevigata. Coastal sagebrush, Artemisia californica, buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum, lemonade berry, Rhus integrifolia, and white sage, Salvia apiana, are the main components of the scrub. A variety of animals is found in the park, including gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, coyote, Canis latrans, bobcat, Lynx rufus, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, road runner, Geococcyx californianus, yellow throat, Geothlypis trichas, phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens, California thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum, and Nashville warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla. Some 140 species of birds have been sighted here. Integrity: Portions of the park have been under cultivation in the past 100 years and the creek is dammed immediately above the park. Use: Present. April 1982
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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