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<br /> <br />Table 2 <br />Special-Status Species for the Las Trampas Ridge, Diablo, Tassajara, Hayward, Dublin, Livermore, Newark, Niles, and La <br />Costa Valley 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps1 <br />Common <br />Name/Scientific Name <br />Status <br />(Fed/State/ <br />Other)2 <br />Blooming or Survey <br />Period Habitats of Occurrence Potential on <br />Site <br />Status on <br />Site** <br />monarch butterfly <br />(Danaus plexippus) C/-/- September - March <br />Overwintering habitat includes forested groves from <br />Mendocino County south to Baja, Mexico. Located within <br />1.5 miles of the ocean or SF Bay. Most commonly use <br />eucalyptus, Monterey Pine, and Monterey cypress trees. <br />No suitable habitat <br />present Presumed absent <br />vernal pool tadpole shrimp <br />(Lepidurus packardi) E/-/- Resident <br />Endemic to the northern portion of the Central Valley and <br />Delta. Found in a variety of natural and artificial <br />seasonally ponded habitats including vernal pools, swales, <br />ephemeral drainages, stock ponds, reservoirs, ditches, <br />backhoe pits, and tire ruts. Wetlands vary from 2 m2 to <br />356 km2. <br />No suitable habitat <br />present Presumed absent <br />FISH <br />green sturgeon – southern <br />DPS <br />(Acipenser medirostris pop. <br />1) <br />-/T/- Resident <br />Southern DPS ranges from the Eel River south <br />including the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. <br />Most of its lifecycle is spend in coastal marine <br />waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of large rivers. <br />Ascend rivers to spawn, but specific spawning and <br />rearing habitat is unknown. <br />No suitable habitat <br />present Presumed absent <br />Delta smelt <br />(Hypomesus transpacificus) T/T/- Resident <br />Endemic to upper SF Estuary and Delta. Inhabits <br />open waters of bays, tidal rivers, channels, and <br />sloughs, but rarely occurs in water with salinity of <br />more than 10-12 ppt. Spawning occurs in <br />freshwater, primarily in tidal dead-end sloughs and <br />channel edgewaters. <br />Outside of species <br />range Presumed absent