found in the wild country

mountain lions
bobcats
mule deer
coyotes
grey foxes
found around the mountain
bald eagles
golden eagles
plants
The california brome
California bee plant
Slender cottonweed
California black oak
California meadow barley
There are many animals found at Volcan mountains. One animal found is the mountain
lion. The mountain lion is also known as the cougar. Mountains lions are between 2 and 3 feet
tall and weigh around 140 pounds. The mountain lions coat colors range from silver to reddish
with a lighter underside. The mountain lion eats large mammals, such as deer, as well as
smaller mammals, like rats, racoons, rabbits, and beaver. It is considered to be endangered and
there is only around 30,000 of them in the western united states. An interesting fact about the
mountain lion is that it can jump as high as 15 feet and leap as far as 40 feet. Mating season for
mountain lions is mainly between december and march and their litters have 2-4 kittens.
Another animal found at Volcan mountain is the bobcat. The bobcat is part of the lynx family and
it has a gray to brown coat, black tufted ears, and a whiskered face. They eat rodents, insects,
birds, fish, and even small sharks. The bobcat population is between 725,000 and 1,020,000
inhabit the wild. They are found from southern Canada to Northern Mexico. It is named for its
short bobbed tail. Bobcats have a men den and auxiliary dens. The coyote is generally gray with
black and white undispersed within the coat. The diet consist of bison, deer, rodents, reptiles,
and amphibians. Coyotes are around 3 to 4 feet long and around 2 feet tall. Coyotes weigh
between 20-50 pounds An interesting fact about coyotes is that they are very good swimmers.
Gray foxes are gray with black streaks along the top to the black tip of the tail. Gray foxes are
omnivores so there diet consists of insects, small rodents, birds, rotting carcasses, and plants.
They are 3 feet long and 1 foot tall. The mule deer gets its name from its large ears. Found
around Volcan Mountain are the Southern Mule deer. The southern mule deer eats leaves of
shrubs and small plants as well berries like blackberries, huckleberry, salal, and thimbleberry.
There are two types of eagle found at Volcan Mountain. The bald eagle is only unique to North
America. In the United States there are around 70,000 bald eagles. The bald eagle eats fish as
well as decaying animal carcasses. The bald eagle has a dark brown body and wings with a
white tail and head. The bald eagle has yellow legs with hooked feat and has a yellow hooked
bill. When flying, the bald eagle soars and rarely flaps its wings. The golden eagle is brown and
black with a black end to its beak. It has a 6 foot wingspan and weighs 6-15 pounds.It can dive
at 150 mph. It is the largest raptor in North America.

There are many species of plants found at volcan mountain. The california brome,
Bromus carinatus var. carinatus, is a species of brome grass. Ranges from .5 meters to 1.5
meters tall and reproduces vegetatively. It has green stems with red and grayish tan seedlings.
The California bee plant, Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda, is part of the figwort family.
The plant has a spindly squared stem with blue-green leaves in pairs opposite to each other.
The flowers are a brownish magenta. Slender cottonweed, Micropus californicus var.
californicus, is part of the vernal pool plant community. The flower heads resemble Q-tips and
rounded with cottony white hairs forming the pappus of each seed. California black oak,
Quercus kelloggii, is an oak in the red oak section. It is a deciduous tree. It has adapted to be
protected from small fires by its thick bark. After the tree is top killed by fires or logging it sprouts
from the root crown. California meadow barley, Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum, are
a green plant that are around a meter tall. It has narrow purplish inflorescences that are 8 to 10
centimeters.
The volcan mountains are part of the desert/barren biome.
Human History dates back all of 6,000 years thanks to the use of Archeologists and the findings
of various human artifacts. The people who lived there from 2,000 to as close as 200 years ago
were called the lipay. They have produced a lot of artifacts that have been found such as
arrowheads, morteros which are a form of utensils used when making medicine, and pottery
shards. Today the lipay are closest related to the Yuman indian people who have been
inhabiting deserts for the past 11,000 years. In the Volcan Mountain the Lipay indians used the
resources found in the area in order to thrive. They survived off the local plant life to make
medicine as well as eating various edible plants like acorns, berries, grass, seeds and more.
They also ate deer and rabbit found in the Volcan Mountain range.
Since 1989 the Volcan Mountain Foundation or (VMF) and its local San Diego based
partners have helped acquire over 17,000 acres of land. This amount of land is being conserved
adding to the total amount of conservation efforts to approximately 31,000 acres. The Volcan
Mountain Foundation became a land owner in 2009, and was able to use that to its advantage
to help with conserving the Volcan Mountain Range. The property bought was a former Hunters
camp, the land bought has been added to the Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve. Later on
the VMF has bought several other areas to be added to the Volcan Mountain Wilderness
Preserve. This has helped the area of Volcan Mountain overall by educating the public about
helping nature close to home and the importance of wildlife. Currently they are working to
acquire more land to add to the preserve and help preserve the beauty of Volcan Mountain.

Draw four plants detailing their specific

distinctions.

Give details on what the plants look like.