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==Ecology==
Camp Pendleton was built on a wide swath of coastal land that once supported an [[estuary]] at the mouth of the [[Santa Margarita River]] and extensive [[salt marsh]] habitat.<ref name=fsmr>[http://fsmr.org/ecology/estuary.html Ecology of the Santa Margarita River]</ref> Outlying land within the base is made up of [[floodplain]], [[California oak woodland|oak woodlands]], [[dune|coastal dunes]] and bluffs, [[coastal sage scrub]], [[chaparral]], and several types of wetlands, including ephemeral wetlands such as [[vernal pool]]s.<ref name=inrmp>[http://www.pendleton.usmc.mil/inrmp/html/pdf/INRMP_ES.pdf Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622125200/http://www.pendleton.usmc.mil/inrmp/html/pdf/INRMP_ES.pdf |date=2011-06-22 }} USMC.</ref> [[Wildfire]] is not uncommon.<ref name=inrmp/> Research in ecology takes place in undeveloped areas of base, which contain examples of rare and endangered California habitat types. The Department of Defense has issued management plans for various ecosystems on this territory.<ref name=inrmp/>
Land within the base still includes breeding habitat for birds such as the [[western snowy plover]]<ref name=fsmr/> and [[California gnatcatcher]].<ref>Wirtz, W. O, et al. (1995). [http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/4403/EffectsOfFire.pdf Effects of fire on the ecology of the California Gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila californica'', in California sage scrub communities.] ''Proceedings - Fire Effects... Conference''.</ref> The coastal bluffs have many of the few existing specimens of the [[Eryngium pendletonensis|Pendleton button-celery]], which was named for the base.<ref name=cnps>[http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/detail/1341.html California Native Plant Society: ''E. pendletonensis'']</ref> Rare mammals on the base include the [[Perognathus longimembris pacificus|Pacific pocket mouse]] and [[Stephens' kangaroo rat]].<ref name=inrmp/> Non-native [[American bison]] were introduced in the 1970s and are known to roam throughout the base.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perry|first1=Tony|title=Camp Pendleton's where these bison like to roam|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/04/local/me-bison4|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref>
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