Proposed Covered Species
Proposed Covered Species are plants and animals identified in the Plan for which conservation and management are provided and "take" will be authorized* over a long-term permit period. The Covered Species list is developed through an iterative planning process incorporating input from the public, stakeholders, and independent scientific review. The list will continue to be evaluated and revised throughout development of the DRECP, though initial analysis recommends including:
Plants
- Algodones Dunes Sunflower
- Alkali Mariposa-Lily
- Amargosa Niterwort
- Amargosa Beardtongue
- Ash Meadows Gumplant
- Bakersfield Cactus
- Barstow Woolly Sunflower
- Charlotte Phacelia
- Cushenbury Buckwheat
- Cushenbury Milk-vetch
- Cushenbury Oxytheca
- Desert Cymopterus
- Kelso Creek Monkeyflower
- Kern Buckwheat
- Lane Mountain Milk-vetch
- Little San Bernadino Mtns Linanthus
- Mojave Monkeyflower
- Mojave Tarplant
- Orocopia Sage
- Owens Valley Checkerbloom
- Parish's Phacelia
- Parish's Alkali Grass
- Parish's Daisy
- Peirson's Milk-vetch
- Piute Mtn Jewel-Flower
- Red Rock Poppy
- Red Rock Tarplant
- San Bernardino Mountains Dudleya
- Sand Food
- Sodaville Milk-vetch
- Spanish Needle Onion
- Thorne's Buckwheat
- Tracy's Eriastrum
- Triple-Ribbed Milk-vetch
- White-Margined Beardtongue
- Wiggins Croton
Birds
- American Peregrine Falcon
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Bell's Vireo
- Burrowing Owl
- California Black Rail
- California Condor
- Elf Owl
- Gila Woodpecker
- Gilded Flicker
- Golden Eagle
- Greater-Sandhill-Crane
- Inyo California Towhee
- Mountain Plover
- Swainson's Hawk
- Tricolored Blackbird
- Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- White-Tailed Kite
- Willow Flycatcher
- Yuma Clapper Rail
Mammals
- Amargosa Vole
- Bighorn Sheep
- California Leaf-Nosed Bat
- Hoary Bat
- Mohave Ground Squirrel
- Pallid Bat
- Tehachapi Pocket Mouse
- Townsend's Big-Eared Bat
- Western Mastiff Bat
- Western Red Bat
Amphibians/Reptiles
- Arroyo Toad
- Barefoot Gecko
- Coast Horned Lizard
- Desert Tortoise
- Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard
- Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard
- Tehachapi Slender Salamander
Fish
*Take of indviduals is prohibited for these fully protected species under California Fish and Game Code

