Habitat and Species Inventory and Mapping

A basic component of the stewardship program is to inventory and map the species and habitats currently on the Reserve.  Working with the Reserve’s GIS program, the stewardship program updates existing habitat, invasive species, and sensitive species maps as necessary. 

Plants of the Elkhorn Slough Reserve:
Click here to view our list of the plant species found on the Elkhorn Slough Reserve; the list is sorted by the Latin Family name.
Click here to download this list in a spreadsheet (.xls file, 49KB).

If you are interested in the plants and animals that live outside of the Reserve’s boundaries, visit the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s website.  It has a complete species list for the entire Elkhorn Slough watershed:
http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/elkspecies.html

Maps

Interested in downloading GIS files?
Click here to download the GIS/ArcView files, including a habitat classification for the Elkhorn Slough watershed (authored by the Reserve’s GIS program).