Department of Fish and Game

BDB Programs

VegCAMP Links

 

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Biogeographic Data Branch
1807 13th Street, Suite 202
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-2493

BDB Home Vegetation Classification & Mapping Natural Communities

Biological Information — Natural Communities

 

List of California Vegetation Alliances  (October, 2007 - 73kb pdf)
 

List of Terrestrial Natural Communities Recognized by the California Natural Diversity Database  (September, 2003 - 447kb pdf)
 

Guidelines for Assessing Effects of Proposed Projects  on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants and Natural Communities - DFG/HCPB   (May, 2000 - 44kb pdf)
 

California Natural Community Field Survey Form   - fill in online!
(To download a copy to your computer for use offline, right click on the above link and choose "Save Target As....")
Other Natural Community Information Sources

California Wetlands and Vernal Pool Information

California Native Plant Society

CalPhotos: Landscapes  - Berkeley Digital Library Project

Link to topographic maps online!  If you have data in decimal degrees, deg/min/sec, or UTM, you can use BIOS to map your location using NAD83, the projection used by the CNDDB.  Print out the map and mail with your field survey form to the CNDDB.