Wildlife & Habitat
Antioch Dunes NWR is the first refuge established solely to protect two endangered plants and one insect. In addition to protecting the Antioch Dunes evening primrose, Contra Costa wallflower, and the
Wildlife & Habitat
Antioch Dunes NWR is the first refuge established solely to protect two endangered plants and one insect. In addition to protecting the Antioch Dunes evening primrose, Contra Costa wallflower, and the Lange's metalmark butterfly, the refuge provides habitat for a diversity of native plant and animal species.
Lange's Metalmark Butterfly
The Lange's metalmark (Apodemia mormo langei) butterfly was first discovered in 1933 and was described five years later. In June 1976, this local subspecies was one of the first eight insects to be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.Learn More
Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose
The Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides spp. howellii) was federally listed as endangered in 1978. Its naturally occurring population is confine