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18-587: Santa Rosa Mountains may refer to the following mountains in the United States of America: Santa Rosa Mountains (Arizona) Santa Rosa Mountains (California) Santa Rosa (mountain) , a mountain peak in the Peruvian Andes See also [ edit ] Santa Rosa Hills , disambiguation Santa Rosa Range , northern Nevada Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Topics referred to by

36-561: Is a notable resident of some of these communities. The Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak-Conifer Forest plant community occurs here. Mixed evergreen forest occurs from 4,500 to 9,500 feet (1,400 to 2,900 m) and includes incense-cedar , foothill pine , sugar pine , white fir , Jeffrey pine , ponderosa pine , and western juniper . Higher elevations to 11,500 feet (3,500 m) support subalpine forests of limber pine , lodgepole pine , and Jeffrey pine . Hesperoyucca whipplei , colloquially known as Chaparral Yucca,

54-638: Is an ongoing threat notably in Southern California , but also in its northernmost reaches in Monterey County , where population pressure is most intense. Major urban centers located within this ecoregion include Monterey , Santa Barbara , Tehachapi , and the foothill portions of various cities fronting the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains . State and federal fish and wildlife agencies, and environmental associations are attempting to conserve

72-403: Is commonplace throughout the lower elevations of the climate zone. The region contains many species of small vertebrate, including the western fence lizard , white-eared pocket mouse , several species of kangaroo rat , and the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog . The area includes some larger predators such as the black bear , mountain lion , bobcat , coyote , ring-tailed cats , and

90-597: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Santa Rosa Mountains (California) The Santa Rosa Mountains extend for approximately 30 miles (48 km) along the western side of the Coachella Valley within Riverside , San Diego , and Imperial Counties in Southern California . The range connects to the San Jacinto Mountains on its northern end, where

108-421: Is found here on the eastern rainshadow side. The mountain peaks contain plants such as the rock draba , Ziegler's aster , shaggy-haired alumroot and Davidson's stonecrop . Also in the eastern Santa Rosa Mountains, in canyons with natural oases , the native California fan palm ( Washingtonia filifera ) is found. They are also the home of a population of endangered peninsular bighorn sheep , endemic to

126-535: Is part of the larger California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, and belongs to the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome . The ecoregion spreads from low foothills up to the highest peaks of the following ranges: San Bernardino Mountains , San Jacinto Mountains , San Gabriel Mountains , Santa Susana Mountains , Santa Monica Mountains , Sierra Pelona , Topatopa Mountains , Tehachapi Mountains , San Rafael Mountains , Santa Ynez Mountains , and

144-662: Is west of the Salton Sea and within the northeastern Borrego Badlands area of the expansive Anza-Borrego Desert State Park . Both provide interpretive visitor centers, trailheads, and many trails for experiencing the Santa Rosa Mountains at all elevations. In 1990 the California Legislature created the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy to protect this and other mountain ranges surrounding

162-424: The critically endangered California condor . The monarch butterfly winters within the coastal woodlands this ecoregion. Approximately 30 percent of California montane chaparral and woodlands remains intact. About 70 percent has been lost due to degradation activities of humans. Montane chaparral is threatened chiefly by development, grazing, logging, conversion to vineyards, and too-frequent wildfire. This

180-646: The Coachella Valley. 33°31′23″N 116°25′34″W  /  33.523°N 116.426°W  / 33.523; -116.426 California montane chaparral and woodlands The California montane chaparral and woodlands is an ecoregion defined by the World Wildlife Fund , spanning 7,900 square miles (20,000 km ) of mountains in the Transverse Ranges , Peninsular Ranges , and Coast Ranges of southern and central California . The ecoregion

198-643: The Peninsular Ranges and distinct from the desert bighorn sheep . Most of the northern portion of the range, in Riverside County, is within the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument . It was created in 2000 and is administered jointly by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service — San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF). The southern portion of the range, with Toro Peak,

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216-567: The Pines to Palms Highway— California State Route 74 , crosses them. The highest peak in the range is Toro Peak (elevation 8,716 feet (2,657 m)), located approximately 22 miles (35 km) south of Palm Springs , just south of Route 74, and on the northeast side of Anza-Borrego's Upper Coyote Canyon. The Santa Rosa Mountains are also a Great Basin Divide landform for the Salton Sink watershed on

234-485: The east. Besides Toro Peak, other significant mountains in the range include Santa Rosa Mountain , Martinez Mountain in the north and Rabbit Peak in the south. The oldest accounts of the southeastern reaches of the Santa Rosa Mountains survive from the 1774 Spanish expedition led by explorer Juan Bautista de Anza into colonial Las Californias through the Coachella Valley from the populated Viceroyalty of New Spain region (present day Mexico ). 19th century maps of

252-500: The long Santa Lucia Mountains . The wide elevation range and characteristic climate produce a variety of natural communities, from chaparral to mixed evergreen forest to alpine tundra . The region's Mediterranean climate is hot and dry in the summer and cool and wet in the winter. Mid-summer monsoonal thunderstorms often form over the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges of Southern California , introducing additional rain to

270-566: The region show the Santa Rosas as a southern extension of the higher northern San Jacinto Mountains. The name "Santa Rosa Mountains" first came into use by the USGS in 1901. The Santa Rosa range lies within the Colorado Desert (lower elevations) and California montane chaparral and woodlands (higher elev.) ecoregions of flora and fauna. The California desert chaparral flora and fauna community

288-516: The region. Shrublands of Chamise , Manzanita species, and scrub oak tend to dominate the lower elevations of California montane chaparral and woodlands. This ecoregion contains several oak species, including coast live oak , canyon live oak (golden-cup oak), interior live oak , tan oak , and Engelmann oak . It has eight endemic conifer species. A mosaic of different manzanita species and closed-cone pine forest appears at higher elevations. Bigcone Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa ,

306-548: The remaining intact ecoregion. The U.S. Forest Service efforts include timber harvest conservation measures in areas with endangered tree species and high endemic and relict species plant communities . Much of the range is within the Los Padres National Forest , Angeles National Forest , and San Bernardino National Forest . Mixed conifer and closed-cone pine forests have been heavily impacted by air pollution . Air quality has improved in southern montane areas around

324-436: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Santa Rosa Mountains . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Rosa_Mountains&oldid=934692269 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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