The Habitat and Wildlife of Arana Gulch

Sensitive, Threatened and Endangered Plants Living in Arana Gulch:

Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia)
San Francisco popcorn flower ( Plagiobothrys diffusus)
Point Reyes horkelia ( Horkelia marinensis)
Maple-leaved checkerbloom (Sidalcea malachroides)
Gairdner's yampah (Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis)

Sensitive, Threatened and Endangered Wildlife living in or known to use Arana Gulch:

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Dusky-footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes)
Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi )
Red-legged Frog ( Rana aurora draytonii)
Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorta pallida)
Steelhead trout (Oncoryhnchus mykiss irideus)

The proposed bikeroad through Arana Gulch Greenbelt has identified, at minimum, the following 24 mature live and healthy trees for removal:

2 Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
4 California Bay (Umbellularia californica)
1 California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)
15 Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus)

Depending on road-design alternatives, additional Poplar, Eucalyptus and Coast Live Oak trees could be added to the removal list.

Additionally, a significant number of other Arana trees would require limbing and/or trimming to make room for the bikeroad.

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