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4 unusual facts about Santa Barbara Island


Eriogonum giganteum

compactum or the Santa Barbara Island buckwheat, is endemic to and particularly rare on Santa Barbara Island.

compactum — Santa Barbara Island buckwheat, endemic to/rare on Santa Barbara Island.

Penpoint gunnel

The penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus) is a gunnel, a species of fish from the Pacific coast of North America, ranging from Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska to Santa Barbara Island in southern California.

Santa Barbara Island

It is also home to the largest breeding colony for Xantus's Murrelet, a threatened seabird species.



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