Plants

California Buckeye

California Redbud

Digger Pine

Hairy Orcutt Grass

Valley Oak

 

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Oak Woodland

 

ANIMALS

Mammals
Gray Fox

Gray Squirrel

Mule Deer

Pocket Gopher

Skunk

Reptiles and Amphibians

Alligator Lizard

Canyon Tree Frog

Gopher Snake

Western Fence Lizard

Western Toad

Birds

Acorn Woodpecker

Brown Towhee

Cooper's Hawk

Scrub Jay

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Insects

     

Example of an Oak Woodland Food Web (click over)

Description

Oak Woodland

Mostly located on the Eastern slopes of the Coast Range and the Western foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.

Includes all 16 native oak species of California, low shrubs and carpets of grass.

Temperatures are cooler and it has a lot of shade.