This polygon shapefile contains the critical habitat area for the Monterey Spineflower in Monterey County, California. The Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens) is a species of flowering plant endemic to California. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Monterey County in California. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.