The NRDB is a compilation of observations of flora and fauna made at open space and nature preserves in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The database can be searched for available data on flora, mammals, birds, and reptiles-amphibians-fishes seen at one or more preserves.

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NRDB Release of December, 2011
Statistics Species: 3,966; Preserves: 232; Sightings: 79,456.
Upper Stevens Creek County Park
Santa Clara County
Nomenclature Changes

This release of the NRDB has incorporated new flora nomenclature from the upcoming The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition (referred to throughout as Jepson II). For the current list of approved Jepson II names, see http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/complete_index.html.

For the current list of families and the genera included in each, see http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepsonmanual/review/index.html

A pdf file of nomenclature changes for this and previous NRDB releases is available under the Nomenclature Changes tab.

The nomenclature changes for Jepson II are extensive. We strongly encourage you to create new species lists to replace old ones. See Don’t Forget … below to see simple ways to do so.

New Preserves The following new preserves and data have been added to the NRDB:
  • Burleigh H. Murray Ranch (flora)
  • Milagra Ridge (flora)
  • Sweeney Ridge (flora)
  • Rancho Corral de Tierra (flora)
What Lists Have Been Updated? In addition to the many changes in nomenclature, the normal flow of new reports from the field has led to many additions to our data. How do you check if you need a new list? In the March 2008 release of the NRDB we added Last Update information to the Preserves table. You can see when the last changes were made to species lists for each preserve by selecting Preserves under the Reports tab on our home page at www.nrdb.org and reviewing the Last Update column. You can quickly determine if your existing checklist is up to date!
Don't Forget Checklist Search and Spreadsheet View

Checklist Search provides a simple and fast way to generate a pre-formatted checklist suitable for printing. Checklist Search is the first selection under the Searches menu. Use Advanced Search to generate checklists with custom formatting or contents.

All search results (except Checklist Search results) now include a button to view the search results as a spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel.
Acknowledgments

The NRDB team wishes to thank and acknowledge the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society for their sponsorship and support. We also acknowledge the many other organizations and individuals for their support of this project.