Editing Oxnard, California (section)

===Wildlife and ecology===
{{see also|California coastal sage and chaparral}}
The area contains several critical biological communities. Native plant communities include [[coastal sage scrub]], California Annual Grassland, and Coastal Dune Scrub species; most native plants have been eliminated from within the city limits to make way for development. Also native to the region is the endangered [[Ventura Marsh Milkvetch]], with the last self-sustaining population in Oxnard being at the center of a housing development.<ref name="Centerforplantconservation.org"/>

The balance of wildlife in Oxnard is similar to most places in southern California, with small mammals being common in urbanized areas, like squirrels, raccoons, and skunks. Coyotes prey on these smaller mammals. Small birds and mammals can be food for stray, feral, and pet dogs and cats.<ref>Wolch, West and Gaines ''Transspecies Urban Theory'' from Satiety and Space 1995. volume 13, pages 735–760</ref>