BALTIMORE CANYON COUNTY OPEN SPACE

May 22, 1978; June 9, 1982; April 22, 1986; March 21, 2000,March 22, 2007, March 11, 2008.

Marin County                                                                         El. 150 - 1000 ft.

Updates by Doreen Smith, March 2008

   BOTANICAL NAME                                                               COMMON NAME                 NOTES

  ACERACEAE (MAPLE FAMILY)

  Acer macrophyllum                                                                              Big-leaf Maple

  ANACARDIACEAE (SUMAC OR CASHEW FAMILY)

  Toxicodendron diversilobum                                                                 Poison Oak

  APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE (CARROT FAMILY)

  Angelica californica                                                                               Ca. Angelica

  Anthriscus caucalis                                                                               Bur Chervil                                           *

  Foeniculum vulgare                                                                               Fennel                                                   *

  Heracleum (maximum) lanatum                                                             Cow Parsnip

  Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum                                               Hog Fennel

  Osmorhiza (berteroi) chilensis                                                               Sweet Cicely

  Sanicula crassicaulis                                                                              Pacific Sanicle

  Sanicula laciniata                                                                                  Coast Sanicle

  Tauschia kelloggii                                                                                 Yellow Parsley

  Torilis heterophylla                                                                               Hedge Parsley                                       *

  Torilis nodosa                                                                                       Hedge Parsley                                       *

  APOCYNACEAE (DOGBANE FAMILY)

  Vinca major                                                                                         Periwinkle                                             *

  ARALIACEAE (GINSENG FAMILY)

  Hedera helix                                                                                         English Ivy                                            *

  ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY)

  Adenocaulon bicolor                                                                            Trail Plant

  Agoseris grandiflora                                                                              Mountain Dandelion

  Anaphalis margaritacea                                                                         Pearly Everlasting

  Arnica discoidea                                                                                   Rayless Arnica 

  Artemisia californica                                                                             California Sagebrush

  Artemisia douglasiana                                                                           Mugwort

  Baccharis pilularis                                                                                 Coyote Brush

  Carduus pycnocephalus                                                                        Italian Thistle                                         *

  Centaurea melitensis                                                                             Napa Thistle, Tocalote                          *

  Chamomilla (Matricaria matricarioides) suaveolens                                Pineapple Weed                                    *

  Cirsium occidentale var. venustum                                                         Venus Thistle

  Cirsium vulgare                                                                                     Bull Thistle                                            *


 ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE (SUNFLOWER/COMPOSITE FAMILY) (continued)

  Conyza floribunda                                                                                Hairy Horseweed                                  *

  Erechtites minima                                                                                  Australian Fireweed                              *

  Ericameria arborescens                                                                         Golden-Fleece

  Erigeron karvinskianus                                                                          Fleabane                                               *

  Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum                                        Golden-Yarrow

  Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum                                                 Woolly Sunflower

  Filago (Logfia) gallica                                                                           French Cudweed                                  *

  Gnaphalium californicum                                                                       Cudweed

  Gnaphalium canescens ssp. beneolens                                                   Cudweed

  Gnaphalium purpureum                                                                         Cudweed

  Gnaphalium sp.                                                                                     Cudweed

  Hieracium albiflorum                                                                             Hawkweed

  Hypochaeris glabra                                                                               Smooth Cat's-ear                                  *

  Hypochaeris radicata                                                                            Hairy Cat's-ear                                     *

  Madia (Anisocarpus) madioides                                                            Woodland Madia

  Senecio aronicoides                                                                              Butterweed

   Senecio sylvaticus                                                                             Rayed groundsel                                      *

  Senecio vulgaris                                                                                    Common Groundsel                              *

  Soliva sessilis                                                                                     Soliva                                                      *

  Sonchus asper                                                                                      Sow Thistle                                           *

  Sonchus oleraceus                                                                                Sow Thistle                                           *

  Taraxacum officinale                                                                             Dandelion                                             *

  BERBERIDACEAE (BARBERRY FAMILY)

  Vancouveria planipetala                                                                        Inside-out Flower

  BETULACEAE (BIRCH FAMILY)

  Corylus cornuta var. californica                                                             California Hazel

  BLECHNACEAE (DEER FERN FAMILY)

  Woodwardia fimbriata                                                                          Western Chain Fern

  BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY)

  Cynoglossum grande                                                                            Hound's Tongue

  Myosotis latifolia                                                                                  Forget-me-not                                      *

  BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE (MUSTARD FAMILY)

  Barbarea verna                                                                                     Winter Cress                                         *

  Cardamine californica var. californica                                                    Milk Maids

  Cardamine oligosperma                                                                        Bitter-cress

  Guillenia lasiophylla                                                                               California Mustard

  Lepidium nitidum                                                                                  Peppergrass

  Lepidium strictum                                                                                 Peppergrass                                          *

  Sisymbrium officinale                                                                            Hedge Mustard                                     *

  Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. secundus                                                 Jewel-flower (yellow sepals)


  CAMPANULACEAE (BELLFLOWER FAMILY)

  Campanula prenanthoides                                                                   Redwood Harebell

  CAPRIFOLIACEAE (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY)

  Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans                                                            California Honeysuckle

  Sambucus mexicana                                                                             Blue Elderberry

  Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus                                                    Snowberry

  Symphoricarpos mollis                                                                          Snowberry

  CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY)

  Cerastium glomeratum                                                                          Mouse-ear Chickweed                          *

  Silene californica                                                                                   Indian Pink

  Silene gallica                                                                                         Windmill Pink                                        *

  Spergularia rubra                                                                                  Sand Spurrey                                        *

  Stellaria media                                                                                      Chickweed                                           *

  Stellaria nitens                                                                                      Shining Chickweed

  CISTACEAE (ROCK-ROSE FAMILY)

  Helianthemum scoparium                                                                      Broom-rose, Rush-rose

  CONVOLVULACEAE (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)

  Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata                                                  Morning-glory

  CRASSULACEAE (STONECROP FAMILY)

  Dudleya cymosa ssp. cymosa                                                               Rock Lettuce

  Sedum spathulifolium                                                                            Stonecrop

  CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY)

  Marah fabaceus                                                                                    Man-root

  Marah oreganus                                                                                   Coast Man-root

 

  CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY)

  Carex globosa                                                                                      Sedge

  Carex spp.                                                                                           Sedge

  Cyperus eragrostis                                                                                Umbrella Sedge

  DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (BRACKEN FAMILY)

  Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens                                                       Bracken

  DRYOPTERIDACEAE (WOOD FERN FAMILY)

  Dryopteris arguta                                                                                  Coastal Wood Fern

  Polystichum californicum                                                                       California Shield Fern

  Polystichum munitum                                                                            Western Sword Fern


  EQUISETACEAE (HORSETAIL FAMILY)

  Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii                                                            Giant Horsetail

  ERICACEAE (HEATH FAMILY)

  Arbutus menziesii                                                                                  Madrone

  Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa                                             Eastwood Manzanita                             T.L.

  Vaccinium ovatum                                                                                Huckleberry

  FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (LEGUME FAMILY)

  Acacia decurrens                                                                                  Green Wattle                                        *

  Amorpha californica var. napensis                                                         Mock Locust

  Cytisus scoparius                                                                                  Scotch Broom                                       *

  Genista monspessulana