Relevant Guide books for the Fort Ord area:
- A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, by Robert C. Stebbins
- Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey, Revised Edition, by Linda Beidleman and Eugene Kozloff
- Mammals of the Pacific States: California, Oregon, Washington, by Lloyd G. Ingles
- The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, by Willis Linn Jepson
- California Insects (California Natural History Guide), by Jerry A. Powell and Charles L. Hogue
- Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America (Helm Field Guides), by David Allen Sibley
Maps