Editing Stanislaus County, California (section)

===Flora and fauna===
A number or rare and [[endangered species]] are found in Stanislaus County. The beaked clarkia, (''[[Clarkia rostrata]]''), is listed as a candidate for the federal endangered species list. It has only been found in [[blue oak]]-[[gray pine]] associations in the [[foothills]] of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], a [[habitat]] that occurs at moderately high elevations. Colusa grass, (''[[Neostapfsia]] colusana'') is listed as endangered by the state. It is restricted to [[vernal pool]]s.<ref>John Torrey, Paul Awosika et al., ''Expanded initial study, Boulder Creek subdivision, Stanislaus County'', Earth Metrics, Report 7999: California State Clearinghouse, Sacramento, November 1989.</ref>