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California Floristic Province

Endemic Plant

  • Giant sequoia

Socioeconomic Conditions

  • Largest economy in all of the U.S.
  • 1/2 of all the agricultural products consumed.
  • Farming

Location

By: Agustin Cardano

  • Includes most of the state of California, a part of southwest Oregon, a very small bit of western Nevada, and a portion of Northern Baja California.

Endemic Animal

  • California condor

Type of Ecosystem

  • Mediterranean ecosystem characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

What is a hotspot?

Decreasing Biodiversity

  • Biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction.
  • 37% of the total land area of the California Floristic Province is under official protection.
  • Use of land for agriculture and housing, dam construction, overuse of water, destructive recreation, and mining.
  • Humans

Protecting the Hotspot

Additional Information

Works Cited

  • The hotspot has a higher level of endemism in plants than animals.
  • The state of California is home to an estimated 28,000 species of insects, 32 percent of which are endemic.
  • More species of birds breed in this region than anywhere else in the United States.
  • http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/employment-by-industry.html
  • http://www.cepf.net/resources/hotspots/North-and-Central-America/Pages/California-Floristic-Province.aspx
  • http://www.ptreyes.org/activities/california-floristic-province
  • http://ucanr.edu/sites/RangelandES/General/?uid=39&ds=582
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