Flora and Fauna
The park's native habitat is the Coastal sage scrub plant community, with oak woodlands in northern arroyos and bunch grass grasslands on the southwestern windy and exposed terrain.
The park is currently home to gray foxes, raccoons, skunks, desert cottontail rabbits, opossums, and California quails, among other animals. The Baldwin Hills area is also the nesting grounds for 41 species of birds, and the three local Audubon Society Chapters offer monthly birdwatching walks in Hahn Park.
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