California Floristic Province

The California Floristic Province covers most of the non-desert parts of California, plus some of southern Oregon, a tiny piece of Nevada and northern Baja.

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This area has a Mediterranean-type climate, with cool, wet winters and dry, warm summers.

Interestingly, of the 5,000 or so California native plant species, over 2,000 (about 40%) of these plants are native only in the California Floristic Province. These plants have made adaptations to thrive in this unique climate, and those changes do not allow them to spread beyond this specific area.

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