It has coastal sage and chaparral and riparian habitats and plant communities of California native plants.

California coastal sage and chaparral - (sub-ecoregion)

These are the coastal sage and chaparral and montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregions.

The creek is in the coastal sage and chaparral section of the California chaparral and woodlands Ecoregion.

California coastal sage and chaparral - (subecoregion)

Dynamics of wetland and upland subshrubs at the salt marsh - coastal sage scrub ecotone.

Habitats found in the canyon include freshwater marsh, coastal sage, scrub, grasslands, and the riparian sections connecting them.

It is found in coastal sage and montane chaparral and woodlands habitats.

The coastal sage and chaparral and the native grassland habitats have seen unnatural human development in much of the region.

Arctostaphylos refugioensis is a plant of the coastal sage and chaparral on sandstone soils.