COVER AND PHOTO INSERT LAYOUT AND DESIGN:
Lia Creek Hull, Santa Cruz, CA
FRONT COVER:
Eastern Merced County: ©John Hale
BACK COVER:
Douglas mesa mint: ©John Vollmar
Bee pollinating downingia flower: ©John Hale
Colusa Grass: ©John Vollmar
Western spadefoot tadpoles: ©Donald Vollmar
Goldfields: ©John Hale
Pincushion navarretia: ©John Hale
Conservancy fairy shrimp: ©Brent Helm
Succulent owl’s clover: ©John Hale
San Joaquin pocket mouse: ©Mark Allaback
California tiger salamander: ©Brent Helm
Beaked clarkia: ©John Hale
TITLE PAGE:
Aerial photo E. Merced County: ©Jim Cunningham
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Succulent Owl’s-clover: ©John Game
PHOTO INSERT:
Habitats and Landforms of Eastern Merced
County’s Vernal Pool Grasslands:
Vernal pool with wildflowers in bloom: ©John Hale
Playa pool with Colusa grass: ©John Vollmar
Blue oak savannah: ©John Vollmar
Riparian woodland, Miles Creek: ©John Vollmar
Mima mound topography: ©John Vollmar
Aerial photo of vernal pools: ©Brent Helm
Valley Springs rock bluff: ©John Vollmar
California tiger salamander pond: ©John Vollmar
Black Rascal Creek: ©John Vollmar
Ione sandstone outcrop: ©John Vollmar
Rainbow, Haystack Mountain: ©Robert F. Holland
Lichens on mariposa slate: ©John Vollmar
View over vernal pool grasslands: ©John Hale
Rare and Unique plants and animals of Eastern Merced County:
Ewan’s Larkspur: ©John Vollmar
Hartweg’s golden sunburst: ©John Hale
Dwarf downingia: ©John Hale
Hoover’s calycadenia: ©John Vollmar
San Joaquin Valley orcutt grass: ©John Vollmar
Hogwallow Starfish: ©John Vollmar
Shining navarretia: ©John Vollmar
Spiny-sepaled button-celery: ©John Vollmar
Western spadefoot toad tadpole: ©John Vollmar
Catepillar, vernal pool plants: ©John Vollmar
Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle: ©Ron Unger
Western burrowing owl: ©John Ranlett
Western burrowing owl habitat: ©Brent Helm
California tiger salamander larvae: ©John Vollmar
California king snake: ©John Vollmar
Western pond turtle: unknown
Swainson’s hawk: ©Gary Hanlon
Tadpole Shrimp, top view: ©Brent Helms;
bottom view: ©Donald Vollmar
San Joaquin Valley kit fox: unknown
Merced kangaroo rat: ©Mark Allaback