California Department of Fish and Wildlife

BDB Programs

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Department of Fish & Wildlife
Biogeographic Data Branch
1807 13th Street, Suite 202
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-2493 • Email BDB

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Natural Communities

Natural Communities (NCs) have been considered part of the Natural Heritage conservation triad, along with plants and animals of conservation significance, since the state inception of the Natural Heritage program in 1979. The links below provide information on how the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP) is updating the way Natural Communities are classified and mapped in California.

Field Survey

 

Background Information – codes used in the list, natural communities and CNDDB, high priority natural communities, references

Natural Communities List – the list in three formats

Protocols for Surveying and Evaluating Impacts to Special Status Native Plant Populations and Natural Communities [PDF] – the Department's protocols for addressing impacts to natural communities under the California Environmental Quality Act

Submitting Information on Natural Communities – forms

How and Where to Get More Information – contacts and sources