Terrestrial Biogeography of Baja California

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Tijuana

Ensenada

San Quintin

El Rosario

Guerrero Negro

Bahia Magdalena

Cabo San Lucas

La Paz

Bahia Concepcion

Mulege

Santa Rosalia

Bahia de Los Angeles

San Felipe

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El Rosario

Guerrero Negro

San Felipe Desert

VizcainoDesert

Magdalena Plain

Common Plantsof Baja California

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• Vegetation Similar to California

California Region:

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•Cactus:

California Region:Sonoran Desert:

• Cardón:

• Cholla:• Teddy bear• Chain link

ChollaTeddy bear chollaChain link cholla

Cardón

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•Cactus:

California Region:Sonoran Desert:

• Cardón:

• Cholla:

• Prickly Pear:

• Barrel:

• Teddy bear• Chain link

ChollaTeddy bear cholla

Prickly pear cactus Old man cactus• Old man:

Chain link cholla

Cardón

Barrel cactus

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:•Cirio (Boojum):

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:•Cirio (Boojum):•Palo blanco tree:•Palo verde tree:•Smoke tree:•Elephant tree:

Palo blanco

Smoke tree

Palo verde

Elephanttree

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:•Cirio (Boojum):•Palo blanco tree:•Palo verde tree:•Smoke tree:•Elephant tree:•Palms:

• CA fan palm:• Mexican fan palm:• Blue palm:• Date palm:• Coconut palm:

California fan palmMexican fan palm

Blue palm

Date palmCoconut palm

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:•Cirio (Boojum):•Palo blanco tree:•Palo verde tree:•Smoke tree:•Elephant tree:•Palms:•Creosote bush:•Mesquite:

Creosote bush

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•Cactus:

Sonoran Desert:

•Ocotillo:•Cirio (Boojum):•Palo blanco tree:•Palo verde tree:•Smoke tree:•Elephant tree:•Palms:•Creosote bush:•Mesquite:•Agave:•Yucca:•Datilillo:•Ball moss:

Agave

Yucca

Datilillo

Ball moss

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•Red Mangrove:

California Region:Sonoran Desert:Near the Sea:

•Mangle dulce:•Black mangrove:

Red mangrove (mangle rojo)

Mangle dulce

Black mangrove(mangle negro)

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•Red Mangrove:

California Region:Sonoran Desert:Near the Sea:

•Mangle dulce:•Black mangrove:•Saltbush:•Salicornia (pickleweed): Saltbush

Salicornia

•Devil’s claw• Ice plant

Devil’s claw

Iceplant

•Sand verbena

Sandverbena

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Common Animalsof Baja California

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•Mosquitoes:Arthropods:

•Gnats:•Scorpions:

Scorpion

Reptiles:•Lizards:

•Snakes:• Includes rattlesnakes

•Turtles:

Harmless gopher snake

Diamondback rattlesnake

Harmless garter snake

19Yellow-bellied sea snakeCarpenter0, Wikimedia Commons

•Rodents:Mammals:

•Coyotes:•Cows, horses:

Bighorn sheep

Pronghorns

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•Pronghorns:

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•Bighorn sheep:

•Rodents:Mammals:

•Coyotes:•Cows, horses:

•CA sea lions:•Whales:

• Gray:• Blue:• Fin:• Minke:• Sperm:

Gray whale

Blue whale--large

Fin whale--large

Minke whale--small

Sperm whale

Scammon’s Lagoon

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•Pronghorns:•Bighorn sheep:

•Rodents:Mammals:

•Coyotes:•Cows, horses:

•CA sea lions:•Whales:

• Gray:• Blue:• Fin:• Minke:• Sperm:

•Dolphins:

Common or saddle-backed dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin

• Common or saddle-backed:

• Bottlenose:

• Striped:

Striped dolphin

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•Pronghorns:•Bighorn sheep:

•Osprey:Birds:

•Turkey vultures:

• Heermann’s:• Yellow-footed:

Osprey on nest

•Brown pelicans:

•Magnificent frigatebird:

•Gulls:

•Boobies:• Blue-footed:• Brown:

Turkey vulture

Magnificent frigatebird

Brown pelican

Heermann’s gullYellow-footed gull

Blue-footed booby

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Birds:

• Heermann’s:• Yellow-footed:

•Gulls:

•Terns:• Elegant:• Noddy:• Sooty:

•Cormorants:• Double-crested:• Brandt’s:

Heermann’s gull Yellow-footed gull

•Herons:• Great blue:

Great blue heron

Elegant tern

Noddy tern Sooty tern Double-crested cormorant

Brandt’s cormorant

• Black-crowned night:• Yellow-crowned night:

Black-crowned night heron

Yellow-crowned night heron

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Birds:

• Heermann’s:• Yellow-footed:

•Gulls:

•Terns:• Elegant:• Noddy:• Sooty:

•Cormorants:• Double-crested:• Brandt’s:

•Herons:• Great blue:• Black-crowned night:• Yellow-crowned night:

Roadrunner

•Roadrunners:

•Caracara:

Caracara

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Differences You Will Find in Baja California:

• People:• Police• Money• Restrooms• Court system• Government• Immigration

•Customs:

Don’t be an “Ugly American”!

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Differences You Will Find in Baja California:

• People:• Police• Money• Restrooms• Court system• Government• Immigration

•Customs:

Don’t be an “Ugly American”!

•Travel:• Road conditions• Speed limits• Rocks• Cattle• Trucks• Accidents• Roadside shrines• Stop signs• Military checkpoints• Gas stations• Side roads

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• People:• Police• Money• Restrooms• Court system• Government• Immigration

•Customs:

•Travel:• Road conditions• Speed limits• Rocks• Cattle• Trucks• Accidents• Roadside shrines• Stop signs• Military checkpoints• Gas stations• Side roads

Don’t be an “Ugly American”!

Differences You Will Find in Baja California:

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Let’s Go!

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