Appendix A (TABLE A1). Summary of species ecological traits. Physiognomy; D = deciduous, E = evergreen. Dispersal; A = wind dispersed, E = animal dispersed, G = gravity dispersed, S = ballistic dispersal. Fire response; low = thin bark and no post-fire sprouting, medium = facultative sprouting and medium to thick bark for trees, high = obligate post-fire seeding and high level of serotiny. NA = not enough information to definitively classify the species into a specific category.
| Species scientific name | Life-form | Endemism | Physiognomy | Dispersal | Fire response |
| Abies concolor | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Abies magnifica | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Acer glabrum | Tree | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Acer macrophyllum | Tree | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | high |
| Adenostoma sparsifolium | Shrub | endemic | E | G | high |
| Aesculus californica | Tree | endemic | D | G | med |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Artemisia californica | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Arctostaphylos glauca | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | high |
| Arctostaphylos manzanita | Shrub | endemic | E | E | high |
| Arbutus menziesii | Tree | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | high |
| Artemisia tridentata | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | low |
| Arctostaphylos viscida | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | high |
| Atriplex polycarpa | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | low |
| Baccharis pilularis | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Calocedrus decurrens | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Ceanothus cordulatus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | med |
| Ceanothus crassifolius | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | high |
| Ceanothus cuneatus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | high |
| Ceanothus integerrimus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | med |
| Ceanothus leucodermis | Shrub | endemic | E | S | med |
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Ceanothus megacarpus | Shrub | endemic | E | S | med |
| Cercocarpus montanus | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Ceanothus oliganthus | Shrub | endemic | E | S | high |
| Cercis orbiculata | Shrub | endemic | D | A | med |
| Ceanothus prostratus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | high |
| Ceanothus spinosus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | med |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | med |
| Ceanothus velutinus | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | med |
| Chrysolepis chrysophylla | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Chamaebatia foliolosa | Shrub | endemic | E | G | med |
| Chrysolepis sempervirens | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | low |
| Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Cornus nuttallii | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Dendromecon rigida | Shrub | not endemic | E | S | high |
| Diplacus aurantiacus | Shrub | not endemic | D | G | low |
| Encelia californica | Shrub | not endemic | D | G | med |
| Ephedra californica | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | low |
| Ephedra nevadensis | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | low |
| Ephedra viridis | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | low |
| Ericameria arborescens | Shrub | endemic | D | A | low |
| Eriodictyon californicum | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Ericameria cooperi | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Eriophyllum confertiflorum | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | high |
| Eriodictyon crassifolium | Shrub | endemic | E | G | med |
| Eriogonum fasciculatum | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Ericameria linearifolia | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Ericameria nauseosa | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Eriogonum umbellatum | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Eriogonum wrightii | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | NA |
| Frangula californica | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Fraxinus dipetala | Tree | endemic | D | A | med |
| Frangula rubra | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Garrya buxifolia | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Garrya fremontii | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Gaultheria shallon | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Garrya veatchii | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Hazardia squarrosa | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | low |
| Heteromeles arbutifolia | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Hesperoyucca whipplei | Shrub | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Holodiscus discolor | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Hymenoclea salsola | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Juniperus californica | Tree | endemic | E | E | low |
| Juniperus occidentalis | Tree | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Keckiella cordifolia | Shrub | endemic | D | S | med |
| Larrea tridentata | Shrub | NA | E | A | low |
| Lepechinia calycina | Shrub | endemic | D | G | NA |
| Linanthus pungens | Perennial Herb | not endemic | NA | S | NA |
| Lotus scoparius | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | high |
| Lonicera subspicata | Shrub | endemic | D | E | med |
| Lupinus albifrons | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Malacothamnus fasciculatus | Shrub | endemic | D | S | med |
| Malosma laurina | Shrub | endemic | E | G | med |
| Monardella odoratissima | Perennial Herb | not endemic | NA | G | med |
| Phyllodoce breweri | Shrub | endemic | E | S | NA |
| Pinus albicaulis | Tree | not endemic | E | E | low |
| Pinus attenuata | Tree | not endemic | E | A | high |
| Pinus coulteri | Tree | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Pinus jeffreyi | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Pinus lambertiana | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Pinus monticola | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Pinus ponderosa | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Pinus sabiniana | Tree | endemic | E | E | med |
| Populus tremuloides | Tree | not endemic | D | A | med |
| Prunus emarginata | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Prunus ilicifolia | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Prunus subcordata | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Tree | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Purshia tridentata | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Quercus agrifolia | Tree | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus berberidifolia | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus chrysolepis | Tree | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus douglasii | Tree | endemic | D | E | med |
| Quercus durata | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus garryana | Tree | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Quercus kelloggii | Tree | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Quercus lobata | Tree | endemic | D | E | med |
| Quercus sadleriana | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus vacciniifolia | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Quercus wislizeni | Shrub | endemic | E | E | med |
| Rhus integrifolia | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Rhus ovata | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Rhus trilobata | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Ribes californicum | Shrub | endemic | D | E | med |
| Ribes cereum | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Ribes malvaceum | Shrub | endemic | D | E | med |
| Ribes roezlii | Shrub | endemic | D | E | med |
| Ribes speciosum | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Rubus ursinus | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Salvia apiana | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Salvia leucophylla | Shrub | endemic | E | G | med |
| Salazaria mexicana | Shrub | not endemic | D | A | low |
| Salvia mellifera | Shrub | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Sambucus nigra | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Salvia sonomensis | Perennial Herb | not endemic | NA | G | med |
| Sequoia sempervirens | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Styrax redivivus | Shrub | endemic | D | G | NA |
| Symphoricarpos albus | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Symphoricarpos mollis | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Toxicodendron diversilobum | Shrub | not endemic | D | E | med |
| Trichostema lanatum | Shrub | endemic | E | G | high |
| Tsuga mertensiana | Tree | not endemic | E | A | med |
| Umbellularia californica | Tree | not endemic | E | G | med |
| Vaccinium ovatum | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |
| Vaccinium parvifolium | Shrub | endemic | D | E | med |
| Wyethia mollis | Perennial Herb | not endemic | NA | G | med |
| Xerophyllum tenax | Perennial Herb | not endemic | NA | G | med |
| Yucca schidigera | Shrub | not endemic | E | E | med |