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Barbour, MG; Billings, WD (eds.).
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Regions of North America: Toward a Common Perspective
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ecoregions. This region is divided by the WWF into three
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1007:Schoenherr, Allan A. (1992).
980:Sierra Nevada Natural History
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528:California Floristic Province
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32:Environment of California
1977:Santa Clara River Valley
1702:state historic landmarks
1411:Northern Mariana Islands
1036:To Find The Biggest Tree
538:California native plants
518:List of California birds
193:Mediterranean ecoregions
140:Great Basin shrub steppe
78:), and coastal forests.
1957:San Francisco Peninsula
1752:California Coast Ranges
914:"Sierra Nevada forests"
845:"California Dry Steppe"
533:Geography of California
263:form a ring around the
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1952:San Francisco Bay Area
1837:Greater San Bernardino
1807:East Bay (SF Bay Area)
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2032:Southern California
1947:San Fernando Valley
1897:Northern California
1857:Greater Los Angeles
1421:U.S. Virgin Islands
523:Fauna of California
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25:Allan A. Schoenherr
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1967:San Joaquin Valley
1962:San Gabriel Valley
1817:Eastern California
1787:Coastal California
1762:Central California
1034:Flint, WD (2002).
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1862:Los Angeles Basin
1724:Index of articles
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